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Scientific name:

Satureja montana

Vernacular name:

Savory, Winter


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Scientific name: Satureja montana L.

Diagnostic features
Stems erect to ascending, to 50cm.
Leaves linear-lanceolate, finely acute.
Corolla 6-12mm.

Chromosome number: (2n=30).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Grown in gardens and ± naturalized on old walls in North Somerset and South Hants, less persistent elsewhere in South Britain; South Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 3123: Hyssopus & Satureja in the Text Key.

Satureja montana (Savory, Winter)
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