Satureia

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Read about Satureia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Satureia (the old Latin name used by Pliny), also spelled Satureja. Syn., Calamintha. Labiatae. Savory. Hardy aromatic herbs and subshrubs, grown in borders for their flowers and also as pot-herbs. Leaves entire, narrow and small or toothed, or broad and larger: floral whorls either axillary or in terminal spike-like racemes; calyx campanulate-tubular or tubular, rarely campanulate, 10-13- rarely 15-nerved, 5-toothed, sometimes 2-lipped; corolla-tube short or long, exserted, upper lip flat, entire or emarginate, lower lip expanded, 3-cleft, with flat lobes, the midlobe usually larger and emarginate; stamens 4: nutlets ovoid, smooth.—About 160 species in the warmer regions of both hemispheres. S. grandiflora, Scheele (S. grandiflora, Moench.) Herbaceous perennial: lvs. ovate, serrated: sts. decumbent, branching from the base: fls. in axillary whorls, quite large, 1 1/2 in. long, with a straight tube; upper lip flattened, purple. June, July. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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