Rosmarinus L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 187

37. Rosmarinus L. 1

Evergreen shrubs. Verticillasters few-flowered, in short axillary racemes. Calyx campanulate, 2-lipped; upper lip entire; lower lip 2-lobed. Corolla 2-lipped, exserted; upper lip strongly concave and 2-fid; lower lip 3-fid with a cochleariform middle lobe. Stamens 2, distinctly exserted, parallel, the filaments with a small, lateral, recurved tooth near the base; anthers 1-locular. Style long, incurved, unbranched. Leaves 15-40 mm; inflorescence with stellate hairs only; branches brown 1. officinalis Leaves 5-15 mm; inflorescence with both stellate and long, glandular hairs; branches grey 2. eriocalix