| Scientific Name: | Origanum vulgare |
| Common Name: | oregano |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Filler, Fragrance, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Herb, Perennial border, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Glandular hairs, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Ciliate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Purple, Pink, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Tufted, highly scented plant; leaves opposite, ovate with dentate to ciliate margins, glandular hairs, to 1-2(-4)cm long, strongly scented; florets densely arranged in verticillasters, white to pink, up to 3mm wide. | |