What is Rosemary?
{{Taxobox | name = Rosemary | status = | image = Rosemary bush.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Rosemary in flower | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Lamiales]] | familia = [[Lamiaceae]] | genus = ''[[Rosmarinus]]'' | species = '''''R. officinalis''''' | binomial = ''Rosmarinus officinalis'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''Rosemary''' (''{{lang|la|Rosmarinus officinalis}}'') is a woody, [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herb]] with fragrant evergreen needle-like [[leaf|leaves]]. It is native to the [[Mediterranean region]]. It is a member of the mint family [[Lamiaceae]], which also includes many other herbs. ==Cultivation== Numerous [[cultivar]]s have been selected for [[garden]] use. The following are frequently sold: *''Albus''- white flowers *''Arp''- leaves light green, lemon-scented *''Aureus''- leaves speckled yellow *''Benenden Blue'' - leaves narrow, dark green *''Blue Boy'' - dwarf, small leaves *''Golden Rain'' - leaves green, with yellow streaks *''Irene'' - lax, trailing *''Lockwood de Forest'' - procumbent selection from ''Tuscan Blue'' *''Ken Taylor'' - shrubby *''Majorica Pink'' - pink flowers *''Miss Jessop's Upright'' - tall, erect *''Pinkie'' - pink flowers *''Prostratus'' *''Pyramidalis'' (a.k.a ''Erectus'') - pale blue flowers *''Roseus'' - pink flowers *''Salem'' - pale blue flowers, cold hardy similar to Arp *''Severn Sea'' - spreading, low-growing, with arching branches; flowers deep violet *''Tuscan Blue'' - upright == Images == <gallery> Image:Rosemary white bg.jpg|Rosemary Sprig Image:ChristianBauer flowering rosemary.jpg|Flower Image:Rosemary.jpg|A rosemary bush with many flowers Image:Rosemary 'Irene' leaves.jpg|Leaves, the brighter side is the underside, and some have parts of young shoots or old stem attached Image:Rosemary 'Irene'.jpg|A shoot of the cultivar 'Irene' Image:Rosmarinus officinalis.jpg|A Rosemary bush at [[Longwood Gardens]] Image:Koeh-258.jpg|From Koehler's Med