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  • COMMON NAME: Summer Savory
  • ARABIC: زعتر
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Satureja hortensis L.
  • SYNONYMS: S. laxiflora
  • FAMILY: LAMIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/457680-1
Annual, 10-35 cm high, scabrous, with curved hair, much branched from base; branched slender, erect or spreading. Leaves oblong-linear, 1-5 cm long, 5-10 mm wide, tapering to a short petiole. Verticillasters. Calyx-teeth linear-lanceolate, puberulent, 3-5 mm long, teeth nearly equal. Corolla pink or lilac, exceeding the calyx, 4-10 mm long, hairy. Nutlets 1-2 mm, broadly oblong. Flowering from March to May.
Widely cultivated as a potherb, or escaped in gravely places, and road sides.
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