| Scientific Name: | Salvia rosmarinus ( syn. Rosmarinus officinalis ) |
| Common Name: | rosemary |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Dried flower or fruit, Fragrance, Ground cover, Herb, Medicinal plant, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Rock garden, Topiary |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Tomentose, Acicular, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves needle-like, linear to acicular, opposite, glaucous, leathery, strongly scented when crushed, most 2-3cm long x 2-3mm wide; flowers whorls of 2-lipped, usually bluish (less commonly white, pink, or purple), tubular, at upper leaf axils. | |