Lamiaceae
Common dittany
Cunila origanoides
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Cunila
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Common dittany, Frost mint
- Irish
- Diothain
Synonyms
- Cunila mariana L.
- Hedyosmos origanoides (L.) Kuntze
- Mappia origanoides (L.) House
- Satureja origanoides L.
- Ziziphora mariana (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.