Oregano ‘Greek’ (Origanum vulgare var. hirtum) . Greek Oregano is a popular culinary herb known for its robustcomma-sign aromatic flavor and smallcomma-sign ovate leaves. Native to Greece and Turkeycomma-sign it is an essential herb in Mediterranean cookingcomma-sign known for its role in dishes like pizzacomma-sign pastacomma-sign and Greek salads. Greek Oregano is prized for its strongcomma-sign slightly spicy flavor and fragrant scentcomma-sign which becomes more pronounced when dried.