Lamiaceae
Biblical-hyssop
Origanum syriacum
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Origanum
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- مردقوش سوري, زعتر
- Bulgarian
- Сирийски риган
- English
- Biblical-hyssop, Lebanese oregano, Syrian oregano, Bible hyssop, Biblical hyssop
- Hebrew
- אזוב מצוי, צעתר
- Japanese
- シリアンオレガノ
- Korean
- 시리아오레가노
- Persian
- مرزنگوش سوری
- Polish
- Lebiodka syryjska
- Russian
- Душица сирийская
- Swedish
- Syrisk oregano
- Ukrainian
- Материнка сирійська, Затар
Synonyms
- Majorana syriaca (L.) Raf.
- Schizocalyx syriacus (L.) Scheele
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Gilles Salama, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eli Talhouk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dr. Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Norm Herr, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nachman bones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nachman bones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eli Talhouk, CC BY 4.0, 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.