Lamiaceae

Dittany of Crete

Origanum dictamnus L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Origanum

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Common names

By language (17)

Arabic: فوذنج تيسي, ريحان الأرض
Armenian: Սուսամբար կրետական
arz: فوذنج تيسى
Bulgarian: Критски риган
Catalan: Dictam de Creta
Chinese: 巖愛草
Czech: Dobromysl třemdavovitá
English: Dittany of Crete
French: Dictame de Crète
German: Diktam, Diktamnos, Diktamon
grc: Δίκταμνον
Greek: Δίκταμο, Έρωντας, Δίκταμνος, Δίκταμος, Δικτάμι, Μαλλιαρόχορτο, Στομαχόχορτο
Hebrew: אזובית דיקטה
Polish: Lebiodka kreteńska
Russian: Душица критская, Диктамнон, Диктамос, Душица диктамнус
Swedish: Kretadiptam, Spansk humle
Ukrainian: Материнка критська

Synonyms

Amaracus dictamnus (L.) Benth.
Amaracus tomentosus Moench
Majorana dictamnus (L.) Kostel.
Origanum dictamnifolium St.-Lag.
Origanum saxatile Salisb.

Photos

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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.