{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.origanum-vulgare","code":"thing-q134283","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q134283/","name":"Origanum vulgare","alternateNames":["dried oregano"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.LIV"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Origanum vulgare is a perennial Lamiaceae herb whose dried leaves and inflorescences are the principal culinary oregano of temperate Eurasia, with multiple essential-oil chemotypes, including thymol-rich and carvacrol-rich forms that are not diagnostic of the species, and a long history of food, medicinal, and ornamental use.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to recognise Origanum vulgare, assess a plant or patch, and decide whether and how to cultivate, propagate, conserve or harvest it.","scope":{"in":["Species identification, identification confidence and evidence for subspecies or cultivar attribution","Boundaries between a shoot, rooted plant, connected clump and monitored patch","Seasonal development, crown survival, flowering and regeneration","Site suitability, plant stress and responses to cultivation","Propagation provenance, spread and local ecological interactions","Harvest readiness and traceability from plant to removed material"],"out":["Other Origanum species, hybrids and unrelated plants traded as oregano","Dried oregano commodities, seasoning mixtures and their processing specifications","Essential oils, purified constituents and formulated extracts","Medical treatments, therapeutic efficacy and dosing","Whole habitats, pollinator populations and agricultural enterprises"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Inspect mature flowers under magnification for a nearly regular, five-toothed calyx with a hairy throat; use a regional Origanum key to separate O. vulgare from sweet marjoram and other congeners. [Kew botanical descriptions](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:453395-1/general-information)","Record the combination of opposite ovate leaves, leaf glands and hairs, and bracted terminal or axillary flower clusters; compare the complete combination with a flora rather than accepting aroma alone. [Flora of New Zealand](https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/taxon/Origanum-vulgare.html)","Inspect the plant base for perennial persistence and rhizomatous connections; this supports recognition and distinguishes a connected oregano clump from unrelated seedlings, but is not sufficient for species identification. [Flora of New Zealand](https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/taxon/Origanum-vulgare.html)","Check nursery or collection provenance against floral evidence when distinguishing O. vulgare from O. majorana hybrids; intermediate plants require an unresolved or hybrid determination rather than automatic acceptance of an oregano label. [Kew botanical descriptions](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:453395-1/general-information)"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"oregano-identity","name":"Oregano Identity","description":"Establish whether the observed material belongs to the registered species.","layers":[{"id":"diagnostic-morphology","name":"Diagnostic Morphology","description":"Capture the organs needed to distinguish this species from nearby alternatives.","findings":[{"id":"species-determination-evidence","name":"Species Determination Evidence","description":"Require a supported determination based on the available vegetative and floral characters.","questions":[{"text":"Which observed calyx, bract and leaf characters support O. vulgare under the applicable regional key?","id":"species-determination-evidence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which competing identification remains possible because flowers or other diagnostic organs are missing?","id":"species-determination-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"named-material-and-origin","name":"Named Material and Origin","description":"Separate botanical determinations from nursery labels and common names.","findings":[{"id":"infraspecific-and-hybrid-status","name":"Infraspecific and Hybrid Status","description":"Keep subspecies, cultivar and possible hybrid attribution tied to evidence.","questions":[{"text":"What voucher, identification record or supplier documentation supports the stated subspecies or cultivar?","id":"infraspecific-and-hybrid-status-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does conflicting morphology or documented parentage require the plant to remain outside confirmed O. vulgare?","id":"infraspecific-and-hybrid-status-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"perennial-body-and-season","name":"Perennial Body and Season","description":"Represent the persistent plant beneath changing shoots and flowers.","layers":[{"id":"plant-and-patch-boundaries","name":"Plant and Patch Boundaries","description":"Define what is being followed through time.","findings":[{"id":"rooted-unit-continuity","name":"Rooted Unit Continuity","description":"Distinguish observed connections from assumptions about clonal identity.","questions":[{"text":"Does this record follow a shoot, rooted plant, physically connected clump or spatially defined patch?","id":"rooted-unit-continuity-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What evidence connects newly appearing shoots to an existing crown or rhizome rather than seedling recruitment?","id":"rooted-unit-continuity-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"phenology-and-persistence","name":"Phenology and Persistence","description":"Interpret seasonal shoot loss and renewed growth in their local setting.","findings":[{"id":"seasonal-stage-and-survival","name":"Seasonal Stage and Survival","description":"Record developmental stage separately from evidence of whole-plant death.","questions":[{"text":"Which vegetative, flowering, fruiting or senescent stages are present on the observation date?","id":"seasonal-stage-and-survival-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What crown, bud or regrowth evidence distinguishes dormancy or cutback from death?","id":"seasonal-stage-and-survival-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"site-fit-and-vigour","name":"Site Fit and Vigour","description":"Connect growing conditions and visible injury to defensible care decisions.","layers":[{"id":"root-zone-and-exposure","name":"Root Zone and Exposure","description":"Characterise conditions relevant to establishment and continued growth.","findings":[{"id":"growing-position-fit","name":"Growing Position Fit","description":"Assess drainage, moisture and exposure against observed plant performance.","questions":[{"text":"How long does the root zone remain saturated after rain or irrigation, and how was this measured?","id":"growing-position-fit-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What evidence supports changing irrigation, drainage or position for this plant at its current stage?","id":"growing-position-fit-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"injury-and-recovery","name":"Injury and Recovery","description":"Distinguish symptoms, suspected causes and confirmed diagnoses.","findings":[{"id":"decline-assessment","name":"Decline Assessment","description":"Record the distribution and progression of wilting, discoloration, tissue loss or crown damage.","questions":[{"text":"Which shoots, leaves or crown tissues are affected, and is damage progressing between observations?","id":"decline-assessment-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What inspection or diagnostic evidence is needed before attributing decline to drought, saturation, cold, pests or disease?","id":"decline-assessment-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"regeneration-and-ecological-role","name":"Regeneration and Ecological Role","description":"Track propagation, recruitment, flowering interactions and spread.","layers":[{"id":"propagation-and-lineage","name":"Propagation and Lineage","description":"Preserve the origin and outcome of each propagation attempt.","findings":[{"id":"propagule-origin-and-establishment","name":"Propagule Origin and Establishment","description":"Link new plants to source material without assuming that seed offspring retain a cultivar identity.","questions":[{"text":"Which parent plant or seed accession supplied the material, and what propagation method was used?","id":"propagule-origin-and-establishment-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What germination, rooting or new-growth observations demonstrate establishment?","id":"propagule-origin-and-establishment-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"flowering-and-local-spread","name":"Flowering and Local Spread","description":"Assess the patch as a flowering resource and a source of new growth beyond its boundary.","findings":[{"id":"flower-retention-and-containment","name":"Flower Retention and Containment","description":"Make retention or containment decisions from observed visitation, recruitment and local status.","questions":[{"text":"What flower abundance, insect visitation and recruitment beyond the managed boundary have been observed?","id":"flower-retention-and-containment-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Given documented local status and management objectives, should flowering stems and expanding shoots be retained, cut or contained?","id":"flower-retention-and-containment-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"aromatic-material-and-harvest","name":"Aromatic Material and Harvest","description":"Connect the living plant to a justified harvest and an identifiable output.","layers":[{"id":"aroma-and-sample-evidence","name":"Aroma and Sample Evidence","description":"Represent aromatic observations without inventing a fixed chemical profile.","findings":[{"id":"aromatic-attribution","name":"Aromatic Attribution","description":"Keep sensory observations separate from analytical measurements and attach both to sampled tissue.","questions":[{"text":"Which tissue, developmental stage, date and handling conditions produced the recorded aroma observation or chemical result?","id":"aromatic-attribution-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is a claimed chemotype supported by an identified analytical method, or is only a sensory description available?","id":"aromatic-attribution-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"harvest-decision-and-handoff","name":"Harvest Decision and Handoff","description":"Assess the removal of plant material and preserve its origin after separation.","findings":[{"id":"harvest-readiness-and-recovery","name":"Harvest Readiness and Recovery","description":"Base harvest decisions on supported identity, plant condition, exposure history and the intended use.","questions":[{"text":"What identity, treatment-history or contamination uncertainty must be resolved before material is released for the intended use?","id":"harvest-readiness-and-recovery-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"How much leafy growth will remain, and what subsequent regrowth observation will test whether the cutting intensity was tolerable?","id":"harvest-readiness-and-recovery-q02","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which receiving harvest-lot record preserves the source plant, removed organs, date and quantity?","id":"harvest-readiness-and-recovery-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Origanum vulgare this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Origanum vulgare this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Origanum vulgare this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Origanum vulgare this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Origanum vulgare this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Origanum vulgare this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Origanum vulgare this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Origanum vulgare this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify oregano by its leaves, flowers and scent, stating confidence.","Advise on growing and culinary use from cited sources."],"mustNot":["Promote oregano oil as a cure for infections or other illnesses.","Advise taking concentrated oil in amounts beyond culinary use without medical advice.","Misrepresent the species of dried herbs sold as oregano.","Collect wild plants from protected areas."],"requiresHuman":["Recommending herbal products to pregnant people or patients on medication."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Health claims for herbal oils can lead people to delay real treatment.","Adulteration of dried herbs deceives buyers."],"affectedParties":["Consumers","Growers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The grower or seller; wild plants are held in common.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q11992872","type":"parent","note":"registry parent 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[RHS plant profile](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/11923/origanum-vulgare/details)","Propagate by seed or division while recording parentage, method and establishment outcome. [RHS plant profile](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/11923/origanum-vulgare/details)","Plan and record leaf or shoot harvesting using identity, condition, intended use and subsequent regrowth.","Retain flowering portions and monitor insect visitation when managing the plant for wildlife.","Monitor patch expansion and decide whether to retain, divide or contain it using local ecological context."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Concentrated oil can irritate skin and mucous membranes."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["ISO 7925, issued by the International Organization for Standardization, specifies requirements for dried oregano supplied as whole or ground leaves.","Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, issued by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, establishes general food law requirements applicable when oregano is marketed as food in the European Union."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Origanum vulgare occurs in grasslands, scrub and other open habitats and is cultivated in herb gardens and agricultural plots.","Its aromatic leaves and flowering parts are harvested as a culinary herb, while cultivated plants also serve ornamental and pollinator gardening purposes."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Origanum vulgare L.","url":"https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:453395-1","note":"Accepted scientific name, family Lamiaceae, native range, and subspecies taxonomy as treated by Plants of the World Online."},{"title":"Origani herba: Community herbal monograph","url":"","note":"EU herbal-medicine identity of origani herba, traditional uses, and regulatory framing under the Herbal Medicinal Products Committee."},{"title":"Origanum vulgare L. - oregano","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=ORVU","note":"North American naturalized status, common names, and USDA PLANTS symbol used in agricultural and invasive-plant inventories."},{"title":"WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants - Herba Origani","url":"https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/42052","note":"Pharmacognostic definition, chemical markers (carvacrol, thymol), and traditional medicinal uses of oregano herb."},{"title":"Wikidata item Q134283: Origanum vulgare","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134283","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Oregano","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Which regional identification keys and accepted infraspecific treatment should govern difficult O. vulgare determinations, particularly cultivated material and possible O. majorana hybrids?","What locally validated observations distinguish normal seasonal dieback from crown failure across the climates and cultivation settings this model must serve?","Which harvest intensities and intervals permit reliable recovery for different growth stages, cultivars and water conditions?","What sampling and analytical evidence is sufficient to assign an aromatic chemotype, and how stable is that assignment across tissues and seasons?","Which local distribution, conservation and spread assessments should govern planting, wild collection and containment decisions?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q134283/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q134283/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex","Grok"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-07T09:53:17Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-08T18:54:36+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 4 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}