Dittany
Dittany is a common name for several species of plants and may refer to: * ''Dictamnus albus'' (dittany) *''Ballota pseudodictamnus'' (false dittany) * ''Origanum dictamnus'' (dittany of Crete, Cretan dittany) * ''Cunila origanoides ''Cunila origanoides'', with the common names stone mint, frost mint, dittany, and American dittany, is a perennial late-summer-flowering subshrub with small purple flowers that is native to the central and eastern United States. It belongs to ...

Origanum Dictamnus
''Origanum dictamnus'', the dittany of Crete, Cretan dittany or hop marjoram, is a tender perennial plant that grows 20–30 cm high. It is known in Greek as ''δίκταμο'' (''díktamo'', cf. " dittany") or in the Cretan dialect as ''έρωντας'' (''erontas'', "love"). It is a therapeutic and aromatic plant that grows wild only on the mountainsides and gorges of the Greek island of Crete. It is widely used for food flavouring and medicinal purposes, in addition to featuring as an ornamental plant in gardens. This small, lanate shrub is easily recognised by the distinctive soft, woolly covering of white-grey hair on its stems and round green leaves, giving it a velvety texture. Its tiny rose-pink flowers are surrounded by brighter purple-pink bracts in summer and autumn. The dittany is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Plant Species 1997. Description ''Origanum dictamnus'' is a many branched plant with discoid to ovate, grey-green leaves t ...
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Ballota Pseudodictamnus
''Pseudodictamnus mediterraneus'', the false dittany, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is native to the southern Aegean region. Taxonomy Several common names are attached to this plant, including false dittany, false divinity, and Greek horehound. Etymology The Latin specific epithet ''pseudodictamnus'' means "false dittany". In this case, the resemblance is to the classical dittany of Crete, ''Origanum dictamnus'', not to the much more distantly related genus ''Dictamnus'' in the family Rutaceae. Description A low mound-forming evergreen shrub growing to tall and wide, it bears almost circular, dished, silver-green leaves with a soft felted texture; and masses of pink flowers (which are mostly hidden by the leaves) in late spring and early summer. It tolerates temperatures as low as , but requires very dry conditions and sharp drainage in full sun. Distribution ''Pseudodictamnus mediterraneus'' is native to dry Mediterranean regions in E ...
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Dictamnus
''Dictamnus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to temperate Eurasia from Spain to China. The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted two species: *''Dictamnus albus'' L. *''Dictamnus dasycarpus ''Dictamnus dasycarpus'' or chinese dittany is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native from southeast Siberia to China and Korea. It was first described by Nikolai Turczaninow in 1842. It has also been treated as only a variet ...'' Turcz. References Zanthoxyloideae Zanthoxyloideae genera {{Rutaceae-stub ...
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