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Taxon:  Satureja hortensis L.



Summary
Genus:
Satureja
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Mentheae
Subtribe:
Menthinae
Nomen number:
33176
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:568. 1753
Verified:
05/15/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  4. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  7. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  8. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  9. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  10. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  11. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  14. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  16. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  17. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Common names
English
savory –
summer savory –
French
sarriette des jardins –
savourée –
German
Bohnenkraut –
Portuguese
sergurelha –
Spanish
ajedrea común –
saborida –
Swedish
sommarkyndel –
Transliterated Russian
čaber sadovyj –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraineKrymincl. Krym
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Ukraine [Krym (incl. Krym)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica)
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfor its fragrant foliageHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Food additivesflavoring Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=33176. Accessed 8 May 2025.