Verbenaceae
Mexican oregano
Lippia origanoides
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Lippia
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Common names
By language (7)
- arz
- ليبيا قبر
- English
- Mexican oregano
- German
- Mexikanischer Oregano
- Japanese
- メキシコオレガノ
- Korean
- 향리피아
- Portuguese
- Alecrim-pimenta
- Spanish
- Orégano mexicano
Synonyms
- Goniostachyum graveolens (Kunth) Small
- Lantana origanoides M.Martens & Galeotti
- Lantana origanoides var. sampaionis Herter
- Lippia affinis Schauer
- Lippia berlandieri M.Martens & Galeotti
- Lippia berlandieri Schauer
- Lippia berlandieri Torr.
- Lippia berteroi Spreng.
- Lippia candicans Hayek
- Lippia elegans Cham.
- Lippia elegans var. macrophylla Moldenke
- Lippia elegans var. obtusifolia Moldenke
- Lippia glandulosa Schauer
- Lippia graveolens Kunth
- Lippia graveolens f. loeseneriana Moldenke
- Lippia graveolens f. macrophylla Moldenke
- Lippia graveolens f. microphylla Moldenke
- Lippia mattogrossensis Moldenke
- Lippia microphylla Cham.
- Lippia microphylla Benth.
- Lippia microphylla var. fasciculata Hiern
- Lippia microphylla var. foliisacutiusculis Hiern
- Lippia obscura Briq.
- Lippia origanoides var. sampaionis Herter
- Lippia palmeri S.Watson
- Lippia palmeri f. spicata (Rose) Moldenke
- Lippia palmeri var. palmeri
- Lippia palmeri var. spicata Rose
- Lippia pendula Rusby
- Lippia polycephala Briq.
- Lippia polycephala var. aemilii Briq.
- Lippia rigida Schauer
- Lippia rivalis Moldenke
- Lippia rubiginosa Schauer
- Lippia rubiginosa var. dives Schauer
- Lippia rubiginosa var. pauper Schauer
- Lippia salviifolia Cham.
- Lippia schomburgkiana Schauer
- Lippia sidoides Cham.
- Lippia sidoides f. flaccida Hayek
and 1 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to January (from 357 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ricardo Jaimes-López, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Abby Darrah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Patterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abraham Sánchez Romero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Riley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecilia Fer Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Riley, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.