| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Satureja thymbra L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 567 (1753) |
| Native Range | s. Sardinia to e. Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 0-400m |
| Description | scabrously grey hirsute, leaves obovate-cuneate, acute, at base long attenuate, sessile, whorls many flowered, sessile, spherical, remote, producing raceme or panicle |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | pinkish purple |
| 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Clinopodium thymbra (L.) Kuntze Micromeria thymbra (L.) Kostel. Satureja biroi Jáv. Satureja collina Salisb. Satureja hispida Salisb. Satureja thymbra var. calvescens Pamp. Satureja tragoriganum (L.) Tausch Thymbra hirsuta Pers. Thymbra hirsutissima Vent. ex Pers. Thymus hirsutissimus Poir. Thymus tragoriganum L. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SAR Sardegna) 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti, TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |