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Salvia rosmarinus (rosemary)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Rosmarinus officinalis, commonly known as rosemary, is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae, which includes many other herbs. The name "rosemary" derives from the Latin for "dew" (ros) and "sea" (marinus), or "dew of the sea". The plant is also sometimes called anthos, from the ancient Greek word ἄνθος, meaning "flower". Rosemary has a fibrous root system.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Dense
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Spring
Dispersal Mode [4]  Autochory
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  6 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Moderate
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [2]  14 inches (36 cm)
Scent [3]  The whole plant is highly aromatic;
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Shape/Orientation [2]  Semi-Erect
Structure [3]  Shrub
Usage [3]  The growing plant is said to repel insects from neighbouring plants; Branches or sachets of the leaves are often placed in clothes cupboards to keep moths away; An infusion of the dried plant (both leaves and flowers) is used in shampoos; When combined with borax and used cold, it is one of the best hair washes known and is effective against dandruff; An essential oil is obtained from the leaves and flowering stems; One kilo of oil is obtained from 200 kilos of flowering stems; The oil is used in perfumery, soaps, medicinally etc; It is often added to hair lotions and is said to prevent premature baldness; The leaves are burnt as an incense, fumigant and disinfectant; The cultivar 'Prostratus' can be used as a ground cover in a sunny position; This cultivar is the least hardy form of the species; The plant can be grown as a hedge, it is fairly resistant to maritime exposure; Any trimming is best carried out after the plant has flowered; The cultivar 'Miss Jessopp's Upright' is particularly suitable for hedging; 'Fastigiatus' is also very suitable; A yellow-green dye is obtained from the leaves and flowers;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Blue
Foliage Color [2]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
Width [3]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low
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Parasitized by 
Neoerysiphe galeopsidis[6]
Peronospora lamii[6]

External References

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Jorrit 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.
♦ 7Role of Various Woody Species in Spanish Mediterranean Forest and Scrubland as Food Resources for Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica Schinz) and Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.), T. Martínez, Agroforestry in Europe: Current Status and Future Prospects, pp. 233-253 (2009)
♦ 8Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 9New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
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