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Origanum vulgare (oregano)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Oregano (US /ɔːˈrɛɡənoʊ/ or /əˈrɛɡənoʊ/; UK /ˌɒrɪˈɡɑːnoʊ/; scientific name Origanum vulgare) is a common species of Origanum, a genus of the mint family (Lamiaceae). It is native to temperate western and southwestern Eurasia and the Mediterranean region.
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Infraspecies

Origanum vulgare glandulosum
Origanum vulgare gracile
Origanum vulgare hirtum
Origanum vulgare var. prismaticum
Origanum vulgare virens
Origanum vulgare viridulum
Origanum vulgare vulgare

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue
Flower Color [2]  Pink
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees, Lepidoptera
Scent [3]  The whole plant has a sweet yet slightly peppery aroma;
Structure [5]  Herb
Usage [3]  An essential oil from the plant is used as a food flavouring, in soaps and perfumery; The herb contains 0.15 - 0.4% essential oil; The plant was formerly used as a strewing herb; The essential oil has also been used to kill lice, though some caution is advised since it can cause skin irritations; A red or purple dye is obtained from the flowering tops; The plant repels ants; The growing plant repels many insect pests so it is a good plant to grow in the vegetable area; A useful ground cover for sunny positions, forming a slowly spreading clump; Plants should be spaced about 30cm apart each way;
Height [3]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [3]  30 inches (0.75 m)
Light Preference [4]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [4]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Neoerysiphe galeopsidis[8]
Puccinia menthae[8]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 9Food plants and feeding habits of Himalayan ungulates, Anjali Awasthi, Sanjay Kr. Uniyal, Gopal S. Rawat and S. Sathyakumar, CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 85, NO. 6, 25 SEPTEMBER 2003
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0