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Oregano is a woody perennial plant, growing 20–80 cm (8–31 in) tall, with opposite leaves 1–4 cm (– in) long. The flowers which can be white, pink or light purple, are 3–4 mm (– in) long, and produced in erect spikes in summer. It is sometimes called wild marjoram, while its close relative O. majorana is known as sweet marjoram.
"You might even be able to harvest some sage and rosemary for your holiday dinner." If other perennial herbs, such as thyme and oregano, are still quite large in the fall, then Ghafari suggests ...
Hedeoma patens, Spanish common name orégano chiquito ('small oregano'); native to the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila.; Coleus amboinicus, known as Cuban oregano, orégano poleo ('pennyroyal oregano'), orégano francés ('French oregano'), Mexican mint, Mexican thyme, and many other names.
Thymus capitatus is a compact, woody perennial native to Mediterranean Europe and Turkey, more commonly known as conehead thyme, Persian-hyssop and Spanish oregano. It is also known under the name Thymbra capitata .
Schizocalyx smyrnaeus (L.) Scheele. Origanum onites, the Cretan oregano, [citation needed] Greek oregano, [2] pot marjoram[2] or Ellinikí rίgani in Greek (Ελληνική ρίγανη), is a plant species in the genus Origanum found in Sicily, Greece and Turkey. [3] It has similar flavors as common oregano.It has antimicrobial activities.
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Origanium libanoticum is a small perennial, growing to 20–30 cm (8–12 in) tall by 30–45 cm (12–18 in) wide. It with fragrant leaves, and pink, hop-like flowering bracts blooming between July and September. Overlapping pink to pale green hop-like bracts droop from the ends of wiry stems, hence the common name of hopflower oregano.
Origanum syriacum; syn. Majorana syriaca (also Origanum maru, although this primarily refers to a hybrid of O. syriacum), [3] bible hyssop, [4] Biblical-hyssop, [1] Lebanese oregano [1] or Syrian oregano, [1] is an aromatic perennial herb in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is a preferred primary ingredient in the spice mixture za'atar.