Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:568. 1753
Verified:
05/29/2015
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
savory – winter savory – French
sarriette des montagnes – sarriette vivace – German
Winterbohnenkraut – Portuguese
segurella – Portuguese (Brazil)
erva-de-São-Julião – segurelha-de-verão – Spanish
ajedrea – ajedrea de monte – hisopillo – tomillo real – Swedish
vinterkyndel –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Italy, Romania
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
| Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
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://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=316819.
Accessed 8 January 2025.