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Salvia rosmarinus

Spenn. (1835)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Salvia

rosemary

Description

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Synonyms (37)

Rosmarinus angustifolius Mill. (1768)
Rosmarinus communis Noronha (1790)
Rosmarinus flexuosus Jord. & Fourr. (1866)
Rosmarinus latifolius Mill. (1768)
Rosmarinus laxiflorus De Noé (1852)
Rosmarinus laxiflorus var. reptans Debeaux (1888)
Rosmarinus ligusticus Gand. (1883)
Rosmarinus officinalis L. (1753)
Rosmarinus officinalis f. laxiflorus (de Noé) Batt. (1890)
Rosmarinus officinalis proles latifolius (Mill.) Rouy (1909)
Rosmarinus officinalis subsp. laxiflorus (de Noé) Nyman (1881)
Rosmarinus officinalis subsp. palaui (O.Bolòs & Molin.) Malag. (1973)
Rosmarinus officinalis subsp. valentinus P.P.Ferrer, A.Guillén & Gómez Nav. (2014)
Rosmarinus officinalis subvar. macrocalyx Font Quer ex O.Bolòs & Vigo (1983)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. angustifolius (Mill.) DC. (1805)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. angustissimus Foucaud & E.Mandon (1900)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. argentatus Alef. (1866)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. auratus Alef. (1866)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. flexuosus (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag. (1889)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. latifolius (Mill.) DC. (1805)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. laxiflorus (de Noé) Murb. (1898)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. nutans Cout. (1907)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. palaui O.Bolòs & Molin. (1959)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostratus Mazziari (1834)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. rigidus (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag. (1889)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. serotinus (Loscos) Loscos (1880)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. trogloditarum Maire & Weiller (1939)
Rosmarinus officinalis var. vulgaris Alef. (1866)
Rosmarinus palaui (O.Bolòs & Molin.) Rivas Mart. & M.J.Costa (2002)
Rosmarinus prostratus H.J.Veitch (1911)
Rosmarinus rigidus Jord. & Fourr. (1866)
Rosmarinus serotinus Loscos (1876)
Rosmarinus tenuifolius Jord. & Fourr. (1866)
Rosmarinus × lavandulaceus var. trogloditarum (Maire & Weiller) Rosua (1986)
Salvia fasciculata Fernald (1905)
Salvia rosmarinus subsp. palaui (O.Bolòs & Molin.) P.P.Ferrer, E.Laguna, R.Roselló, Gómez Nav. & Peris (2019)
Salvia rosmarinus subsp. valentina (P.P.Ferrer, A.Guillén & Gómez Nav.) P.P.Ferrer, A.Guillén & Gómez Nav. (2019)

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Handb. Angew. Bot. 2: 447 (1835)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Salvia rosmarinus Kokee. Camp 10 Road; Garden in Plew's residence Preserved_Specimen From 4 ft. woody plant, 20 yrs. old; no seedlings; profuse blooms. Plews, J.H.R. Kauai BISH 1986-10-23
2 Salvia rosmarinus Foster Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen A shrub 0.8 m tall. In full sun. Flowers lavendar. Plant has strong spicy odor. Lau, J. 2460 Oahu BISH 1986-05-23
3 Salvia rosmarinus Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, Sherman Laboratory Preserved_Specimen Low, sprawling shrub 15 cm tall and 0.5 m across. The plant has a spicy odor. The flowers are lavender, with mauve spots on its labellum. Lau, J. 1201 Oahu BISH 1985-07-10
4 Salvia rosmarinus Koloa, Kalahao, yard at 3581 Kaloke Road Preserved_Specimen 0.5 m shrub; cultivated; erect stems; sweetly aromatic; calyx blue-green; corolla and stamens purple blue Lorence, D.H. 9366 Kauai BISH 2004-10-11
5 Salvia rosmarinus Kokee. Camp 10 Road; Garden in Plew's residence Preserved_Specimen From 4 ft. woody plant, 20 yrs. old; no seedlings; profuse blooms. Plews, J.H.R. Kauai BISH 1986-10-23
6 Salvia rosmarinus Honolulu, 11th St., Kaimuki Victory Garden [Fragment only. Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1944-06-04
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