A botanical drawing - Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis.
Rosmarinus officinalis is native to the Mediterranean region and Caucasus. Also native to this area are the other two species of rosemary ( R. tomentosus and R. eriocalyx ). Where these species overlap in the wild they form natural hybrids.
Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis L. (Lamiaceae), is an evergreen plant typical of the Mediterranean region. Rosemary has long been considered an important plant for its essential oil used in perfumes and medicine (Miguel et al., 2007). The plant was reported to possess several medicinal properties like.
Members of the Rosmarinus plant genus are hardy perennials that reach from 90 cm to 1.8 m in height. One of the more familiar members of Rosmarinus is the culinary herb Rosemary. If you are growing Rosemary for use in cooking then the leaves can be used fresh at any time but it is best to harvest the leaves before the plant flowers if you plan to dry them.
Rosmarinus officinalis is the type species of the genus, as well as the most well-known rosemary species. It is a bushy, evergreen perennial shrub native to the Mediterranean and cultivated around the world as a medicinal, ornamental, culinary, and essential oil-bearing plant.
English: Rosemary (Rosmarinus) officinalis illustration from Medical Botany (1836) by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill.
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