MINT FAMILY
Satureja thymbra (SATUREIA)(Kaya kekiği, Kara kekik)
(Thymbra-Bergminze)
Labiatcie (Lamiaceae)
Thyme-like dwarf shrub. Stem erect, much-branched, up to 40 cm. Leaves opposite, linear to obovate-spathulate, up to 14 x 5 mm. Verticillasters, up to 7, subglobose, dense, many-flowered. Calyx up to 6 mm. Petals united, mauve or purple, up to 12 mm. Fruit dry nutlets. Stem and leaves are used as culinary. Fl. April-June. Dry scrub, especially calcareous phrygana, s.l.
Türkiye, Sardinia, Greece, Aegean, W. Syria, Cyprus, Cyrenaica.
