Lamiaceae

Rosemary

Salvia rosmarinus Spenn.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia

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Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) — FlowerPhoto: Anna C, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (105)

aeb: كليل
Afrikaans: Roosmaryn
Albanian: Rozmarina, Rozmarina normalizon sheqerin në gjak
Arabic: إكليل الجبل, إكليل, اكليل الجبل, حصا لبان, حصالبان, حصى البان, روزماري, كليل
Armenian: Հազրեվարդ բուժիչ
ary: أزير
arz: اكليل الجبل
Asturian: Romeru
azb: درمان روزمارینی
Azerbaijani: Dərman rozmarini
Bangla: রোজমেরি
Basque: Erromero
bik: Romero
Bosnian: Ruzmarin, Ružmarin
Breton: Roumarin
Bulgarian: Обикновен розмарин, Розмарин
Cantonese: 迷迭香
Catalan: Romaní, Romer
Central Kurdish: ڕۆزماری
Chinese: 迷迭香
Croatian: Ružmarin, Ruzmarin
csb: Lékarsczi rozmarión
Czech: Šalvěj rozmarýna, Rozmarýn lékařský, Rozmarýna lékařská
Danish: Rosmarin
dsb: Rosmarin, Rosmarija
Dutch: Rozemarijn
eml: Ruśmarèṅ
English: Rosemary
Esperanto: Oficina rosmareno
Estonian: Harilik rosmariin
Filipino: Dumero
Finnish: Rosmariini, Rohtorosmariini
French: Romarin
frr: Ruusmariin
Galician: Romeu, Alecrín, Romeiro
Georgian: Სამკურნალო როზმარინი, Როზმარინი
German: Meertau, Rosmarin, Pinien Rosmarin
Greek: Δενδρολίβανο, Δεντρολίβανο, Λιβανωτίς, Ροσμαρίνον
gsw: Meertau
Haitian Creole: Womaren
Hebrew: רוזמרין רפואי, רוזמרין
Hindi: गुलमेंहदी
hsb: Rosmarin, Rósmarja, Ćěłowe zelo
Hungarian: Rozmaring
Icelandic: Rósmarín
Indonesian: Rosemari
Interlingua: Rosmarino
io: Rosmarino
Irish: Marós
Italian: Rosmarino
Japanese: ローズマリー, マンネンロウ, ルテオリン, 迷迭香
Javanese: Rosméri
kab: Aklil
Kannada: ರೋಸ್ಮರಿ
Kinyarwanda: Romarin
Korean: 로즈메리, 로즈마리
ks: دونؠ
kw: Rosmari
Kyrgyz: Розмарин
Lao: ຕົ້ນໂຣສ ເມຣີ
Latvian: Rozmarīns
Lithuanian: Kvapusis rozmarinas, Rozmarinas
Luxembourgish: Romarin, Rosmarin, Rousemaräin
Macedonian: Розмарин, Рузмарин
Malagasy: Rôsmarina
Malay: Rosmari
Malayalam: റോസ്മേരി, റോസ് മേരി
mwl: Romeiro, Remeiro, Rosmanino
mzn: ترم
nan: Bê-tia̍t-hiang
Norwegian Bokmål: Rosmarin
Norwegian Nynorsk: Rosmarin
nrm: Romathîn, Romathin
Occitan: Romanin
pam: Romero
Pashto: اکليل
Persian: رزماری, رومارن, اکلیل کوهی
Polish: Rozmaryn lekarski
Portuguese: Alecrim, Romeiro
Quechua: Sallika, Rumiru, Rumpo
Romanian: Rozmarin
rsk: Розмария
Russian: Розмарин лекарственный, Розмарин обыкновенный
sc: Romasinu
sco: Rosemary
Serbian: Рузмарин, Ruzmarin
Serbian (Latin): Ružmarin
Sinhala: රෝස්මෙරි
Slovak: Rozmarín lekársky
Slovenian: Navadni rožmarin, Rožmarin
Spanish: Romareda, Romeral, Romero, Romero común, Romero coronario, Romero de huerta, Romero fino, Romerón
Swedish: Rosmarin
Tajik: Руморан
Tamil: ரோசுமேரி, ரோஸ்மேரி
Thai: โรสแมรี, Rosemary
Turkish: Biberiye
Ukrainian: Розмарин
Urdu: اکلیل کوہستانی
Uzbek: Rozmarin
vec: Rosmarin
Vietnamese: Hương thảo
Walloon: Rômarin
Welsh: Rhosmari, Rhos Mair, Rosmari
wuu: 迷迭香
za: Mizdezyangh

Synonyms

Rosmarinus angustifolius Mill.
Rosmarinus communis Noronha
Rosmarinus flexuosus Jord. & Fourr.
Rosmarinus latifolius Mill.
Rosmarinus lavandulaceus var. trogloditarum (Maire & Weiller) Rosua
Rosmarinus laxiflorus de Noé
Rosmarinus laxiflorus var. reptans Debeaux
Rosmarinus ligusticus Gand.
Rosmarinus officinalis L.
Rosmarinus officinalis f. laxiflorus (de Noé) Batt.
Rosmarinus officinalis prol. latifolius (Mill.) Rouy
Rosmarinus officinalis subsp. laxiflorus (de Noé) Nyman
Rosmarinus officinalis subsp. palaui (O.Bolòs & Molin.) Malag.
Rosmarinus officinalis subsp. valentinus P.P.Ferrer, A.Guillén & Gómez Nav.
Rosmarinus officinalis subvar. macrocalyx Font Quer ex O.Bolòs & Vigo
Rosmarinus officinalis var. angustifolius (Mill.) DC.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. angustissimus Foucaud & E.Mandon
Rosmarinus officinalis var. argentatus Alef.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. auratus Alef.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. flexuosus (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. latifolius (Mill.) DC.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. latifolius (Mill.) P.Fourn.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. laxiflorus (de Noé) Murb.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. nutans Cout.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. palaui O.Bolòs & Molin.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostratus Pasq.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. rigidus (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag.
Rosmarinus officinalis var. serotinus (Loscos) Loscos
Rosmarinus officinalis var. trogloditarum Maire & Weiller
Rosmarinus officinalis var. vulgaris Alef.
Rosmarinus palaui (O.Bolòs & Molin.) Rivas Mart. & M.J.Costa
Rosmarinus prostratus Mazziari
Rosmarinus prostratus H.J.Veitch
Rosmarinus rigidus Jord. & Fourr.
Rosmarinus serotinus Loscos
Rosmarinus tenuifolius Jord. & Fourr.
Salvia fasciculata Fernald
Salvia rosmarinus subsp. palaui (O.Bolòs & Molin.) P.P.Ferrer, E.Laguna, R.Roselló, Gómez Nav. & Peris
Salvia rosmarinus subsp. valentina (P.P.Ferrer, A.Guillén & Gómez Nav.) P.P.Ferrer, A.Guillén & Gómez Nav.

Flowers

In flower: October to April (from 2,039 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Anna C, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Louis Aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Louis Aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Belen Sancho, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andreas Hellwig, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alexandre Fonseca, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.