Scientific Name: Origanum rotundifolium (incl. hybrids)
Common Name: hop-like oregano, round-leaved oregano
Family Name: Lamiaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia, Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Horizontal, Pendulous
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Herb, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Verticillaster, White, Green-yellow, Purple, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Schizocarp, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown
Key ID Features:
Leaves fussy and almost round; florets pink to purple in masses of hop-like greenish flower bracts.