Satureja L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 163-164

25. Satureja L. 2

Annual or perennial herbs or dwarf shrubs. Flowers in verticillasters or in lax cymes. Calyx tubular or campanulate, 10(—13)- veined, with 5 more or less equal (rarely distinctly unequal) teeth; tube straight, rarely gibbous, more or less hairy in the mouth. Corolla 2-lipped, with straight tube. Stamens shorter than corolla, curved. Style-branches subequal, subulate.

All species occur in dry, sunny habitats, particularly on cliffs. 1 Calyx-teeth very unequal, the upper 3 c. | as long as the lower 2

4. rumelica 1 Calyx-teeth equal or slightly unequal

2 Annual; at least the lower calyx-teeth much longer than tube

12. hortensis 2 Dwarf shrub, or perennial herb woody at base; calyx-teeth shorter than to slightly longer than tube

3 Calyx-teeth obtuse, though sometimes apiculate 2. salzmannii 3 Calyx-teeth acute or acuminate

4 Bracteoles numerous, oblong or lanceolate, about as long as calyx 1. thymbra

4 Bracteoles absent or short, rarely a few almost as long as calyx

5 Dwarf shrub, with ± spiny branches 3. spinosa 5 Perennial herb woody at base, without spiny branches 5-11. montana group