Common name
English: Creeping Savory
German: Kriechendes Bohnenkraut
English: Creeping Savory
German: Kriechendes Bohnenkraut
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Lamiaceae (99)(family description)
Genus: Satureja (2)
Epithet: spicigera Boiss. (1)
Synonyms: Clinopodium alternipilosum (K.Koch) Kuntze, Clinopodium spicigerum (K.Koch) Kuntze, Hyssopus majae A.P.Khokhr., Micromeria alternipilosa K.Koch, Micromeria spicigera K.Koch, Satureja alternipilosa (K.Koch) K.Koch, Satureja diffusa Benth. ex Boiss.
diffusa => spread about, wildly or loosely spreading
spicigera => bearing spikes
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
Check for Satureja spicigera at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI