Der Gewöhnliche Echte Dost, auch Oregano genannt, ist eine heimische Wildpflanze mit intensivem Aroma. Er wird als Gewürz und in der Volksheilkunde geschätzt.
Verbreitung
Heimisch: Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, NO, NW. Balkan Pen., Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Svalbard; England (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland); Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, +Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, +Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; France; Channel Isl. [I]; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Malta; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; N-Greece; S-European Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, Hierro, Gomera); Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Siberia (Altay, Buryatia, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia, Yakutia); Russian Far East [I] (Primorye [I]); Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Cyprus (SW-Cyprus); ?Sinai peninsula (?S-Sinai); Pakistan (Swat); Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Chumbi); Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing); New Zealand [I]; Canada [I] (British Columbia [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I]); USA [I] (Arkansas [I], California [I], Connecticut [I], Delaware [I], Illinois [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Michigan [I], North Carolina [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Virginia [I], Vermont [I], Washington State [I]); Mexico [I]; Honduras [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Bolivia [I], Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vermont-US, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya
Eingeführt: Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Québec, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington