| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Thymbra spicata L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 569 (1753) |
| Native Range | Greece to w. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves sessile, linear, punctate, glabrous, flowers in oblong-cylindrical spike, bracts lanceolate, ciliate, calyx ciliate, upper lip shortly triangular-dentate |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | rose, purple |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Satureja spicata (L.) Garsault Thymbra ambigua E.D.Clarke Thymbra verticillata L. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |