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rosemary Lamiaceae Salvia rosmarinus Spenn. Listen to the Latin Print a QR link to this factsheet symbol:
Leaf: Opposite, simple, evergreen, narrowly lanceolate to needle-like in shape, to 1 1/2 inches in length, leathery and thickened with revolute edges; woolly-tomentose below, gray-green and rough above; very aromatic.
Flower: Species is monoecious; mostly purple but may be white or pink; in whorls borne in leaf axils; to 1/2 inch with pea-like corollas; very aromatic; appearing late-spring to early summer.
Fruit: Small shiny brown-black nutlets borne in 4-chambered husks.
Twig: Green to gray-brown and pale-tomentose.
Bark: Becoming shreddy and gray-brown.
Form: A rounded straggling shrub to 4 feet tall with weakly woody stems.

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Additional Range Information: Salvia rosmarinus is planted in the USDA hardiness zones shown above and may seed into the landscape. Download the full-size PDF map.
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All material 2021 Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen, Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson; Silvics reprinted from Ag Handbook 654; range map source information