WorldFloraDB - Origanum dictamnus

Characteristics

A small evergreen shrub. It grows 30 cm high and spreads 30 cm across. The leaves are white and felted. They are oval with easy to see veins. The leaves are 2.5 cm long. The flowers are tiny and in purplish bracts. They form drooping heads.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
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Mature width (meter)	0.2 - 0.45
Mature height (meter)	0.2 - 0.25
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows naturally on free draining alkaline soils. It grows in limestone cliffs in Crete. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.

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Shady rocks in dry places in high mountains.

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Usage

The leaves are used to flavour salads and vermouth. It is used in sauce for use with fish. The flower tops are dried and brewed into tea.

Uses	food medicinal tea
Edible	flowers leaves
Therapeutic use	Cancer (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Scrofula (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Uterus (unspecified), Nervine (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from cuttings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
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