| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Origanum acutidens (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietsw. |
| Bibliography | Leiden Bot. Ser. 4: 62 (1980) |
| Native Range | n. Iraq to ne. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1000-3000m |
| Description | leaves subsessile, ovate, 5-30mm, obtuse, glaucous, bracts suborbiculate to elliptic, yellow-green, whorls 2-12-flowered, flowers 10-16mm long |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | white, pinkish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Amaracus haussknechtii var. acutidens Hand.-Mazz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |