Sweet Marjoram
ಮರುಗमरुआమరువకపత్రం
Origanum majorana L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Lamiaceae
Also called Sweet marjoram
Formerly Amaracus majorana, Majorana dubia, Majorana fragrans, Majorana hortensis, and 11 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Türkiye, CyprusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension pink, white; Wikipedia blue, pink, purple, red, white
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Mejorana
- Portuguese
- Manjerona
- Czech
- majoránka zahradní
- German
- Majoran
- Estonian
- aedmajoraan, vorstirohi
- Finnish
- maustemeirami
- Dutch
- Echte marjolein
- root
- almoradus, मरवा, मरुआ
- Japanese
- マジョラム
- Greek
- Ματζουράνα
- Italian
- Maggiorana, Origano maggiorana
- Turkish
- Mercanköşk, Merzencüş, Şile
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Origanum majorana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.