| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Satureja spinosa L. |
| Bibliography | Cent. Pl. II: 19 (1756) |
| Native Range | Crete to sw. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 800-2400m |
| Description | erinaceous, branchlets tipped with spine, leaves minute, obovate-lanceolate, acute, at base attenuate, flowers few, axillary, solitary, subsessile, calyx scabrously hirsute |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | lilac, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Clinopodium spinosum (L.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |