Summer Savory
satureja hortensis

COMMON NAMES
Bean Herb
Savory

DESCRIPTION
An annual plant that grows wild in the Mediterranean
area and widely cultivated elsewhere as a kitchen herb.
Its branching root produces a bushy, hairy stem which
grows from one to one and one half feet high,
often taking on a purple hue as it matures.
The opposite, small oblong-linear leaves are sessile
or nearly so and may have hairy margins.
The pink or white, two-lipped flowers grow
whorl-like cymes from July to October.
The entire plant is aromatic.