• Family : Lamiaceae
  (Mint Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
• Synonym(s) : Origanum floridum Salisb.; Thymus origanum Kuntze
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Origanum vulgare L.
• Common name : Oregano, wild marjoram
• Vernacular name : Ban tulsi (Hindi); Raamtulas (Nepali)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Open slopes
• Comments / notes : Aromatic erect herb
• Key identification features : Spikes 4-sided. Corolla pink. Stamens 4, slightly protruding in unequal pairs.
• Flower, Fruit : June-September
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
  • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district,Kangra district,Kinnaur district,Kullu district,Lahaul & Spiti district,Shimla district,Solan district
• Native : Temperate Eurasia and Pakistan to Central Nepal
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Asia, Europe and North America
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 335; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 224; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI:580
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Origanum vulgare. Downloaded on 1 December 2023.

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