Common name
English: Winter savory
German: Berg-Bohnenkraut
Portuguese: Segurelha-das-montanhas
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2597)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2110)
Order: Lamiales (172)
Family: Lamiaceae (93)(family description)
Genus: Satureja (2)
Epithet: montana L. (9)
Synonyms: Clinopodium montanum (L.) Kuntze, Micromeria montana (L.) Rchb., Micromeria pygmaea Rchb., Micromeria variegata Rchb., Satureja brevis Jord. & Fourr., Satureja ciliata Avé-Lall.
ciliata => fringed, as with eyelashes
montana => growing in the mountains
montanum => growing in the mountains
pygmaea => little; small; short; low; dwarf
variegata => irregularly coloured, in stripes or patches
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white