Satureja montana, called winter savory, is a low-growing, woody-stemmed, somewhat-shrubby, spreading perennial in Zone 6, which is frequently grown in herb gardens for its stiff, linear to lance-shaped, pungent, glossy, dark green leaves (to 1″ long) which can be used fresh or dried as a seasoning in food. Tiny white-to-lilac flowers (typical mint family) appear in terminal spikes in mid to late summer. Plants typically grow 6-15″ tall.
Genus name comes from the Latin name for this herb which was well known to the ancients.
