Marjoram is a plant from Lamiaceae family. Marjoram is a perennial herb, with creeping roots, sending up woody stems about a foot high, branched above, often purplish. The leaves are opposite, petiolate, about an inch long, nearly entire hairy beneath. The flowers are in corymbs, with reddish bracts, a two-lipped pale purple corolla, and a five-toothed calyx, blooming from the end of June, through August. There is a variety with white flowers and light-green stalks, another with variegated leaves. It is propagated by division of roots in the autumn.

Botanical name: Origanum Marjurana

Plant origin: Herb

Extraction method: Distillation

Aroma: Warm, slightly spicy, herb-like

Odor Intensity: Medium

Evaporation rate: middle note

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