Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare)

• purplish-red, pinkish or white flower
• often darker in bud
• 4-7mm in broad branched, flat-topped clusters
• oval, untoothed leafs
• bracts dark purple usually, leaf like
• sterns erect often purplish
• medium to tall
• tufted hairy, aromatic, edible
• July to October

Excellent nectar plant.

Open calareous soils.