Satureja hortensis L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Lamiaceae

• Scientific Name

  Satureja hortensis L.

• Description

  Species Description - Much branched annual; stems 1–3 dm, finely hairy; lvs linear to narrowly oblanceolate, often revolute, 1–2 cm; fls few in the uppermost axils, subsessile, subtended by reduced lvs and separated by short internodes, forming compact, spike-like, often secund infls; cal nearly regular, 5 mm, the lobes about equaling the tube; cor pale pink-purple to white, 5–7 mm; style-branches short, slender, subequal; 2n=45–48. Native of the Mediterranean region and sw. Asia, escaped from cult. here and there in our range. July–Sept.

• Common Names

  summer savory