| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Zataria multiflora Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 18 (1844) |
| Native Range | n. Oman, Iran to w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | ramose, thinly pubescent, leaves minute, shortly petiolate, orbiculate, densely punctate, glabrescent, flowers in spherical verticillate cymes producing lax spike |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | whitish |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Zataria bracteata Boiss. Zataria multiflora var. elatior Boiss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 35 Arabian Peninsula (OMA Oman) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |