Satureja montana
Perennial Savory, Winter Savory, Mountain Savory, Savory
Description
Aromatic herbaceous perennial with a bushy habit and abundant branching. Versatile in use, thanks to its foliage with its characteristic intense aroma, it is used in a variety of fields, from agri-food to medicinal and therapeutic. It can be grown in flowerbeds, pots, planters or in the open field and is highly hardy, tolerating dry summer heat and winter cold in soil free of waterlogging. The summer flowering, with its typical top inflorescences, gives it added ornamental value.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Satureja
- Species
- Satureja montana
Synonyms (3)
- Clinopodium montanum
- Micromeria montana
- Saturiastrum montanum
