Rosemary
ರೋಸ್ಮರಿगुलमेंहदीரோஸ்மேரி
Rosmarinus officinalis
Kew's current name: Salvia rosmarinus Spenn.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.5 m
- wide
- 1.5 m
Lamiaceae
Formerly Rosmarinus angustifolius, Rosmarinus flexuosus, Rosmarinus latifolius, Rosmarinus laxiflorus, and 7 more
When it flowers
Flowers January to February and June to November in the tropics.
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
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Medit.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 1.5 m to 1.5 mRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 1.5–2.5 m; NC State Extension 4–5 ft
- Spread
- 1.2 m to 1.9 mRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: RHS 1.5–2.5 m; NC State Extension 3–4 ft
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- White, pink, purple, blueRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS blue, pink, purple, violet, white; NC State Extension blue, pink, purple, white
- Coldest it survives
- -11.1 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from RHS and NC State Extension, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: RHS -10 °C; NC State Extension -12.2 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
American black nightshadeFlowers March to May and December, when this does not
Bull ThistleFlowers March to May and December, when this does not
Common Cat's-earFlowers March to May and December, when this does not
Common Sow-thistleFlowers March to May and December, when this does not
Cowpen daisyFlowers March to May and December, when this does not
ElderFlowers March to May and December, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Italian
- Rosmarino
- Spanish
- Romero
- French
- romarin commun, Romarin officinal
- Arabic
- اكليل الجبل
- Hebrew
- רוזמרין
- Greek
- Δενδρολίβανο, Αρισμαρί
- Turkish
- biberiye, kuşdili, Beyaz Püren
- Catalan
- Romaní, romer
- Croatian
- Ružmarin
- Finnish
- rosmariini
- Japanese
- マンネンロウ, ローズマリー, 万年蝋
- Portuguese
- Alecrim
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 2.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Rosmarinus officinalis (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.