Subshrub ; up to 45 cm tall . Stems leafless , woody based , much branched , young stems erect , densely white eglandular pilose , aromatic . Leaves opposite , 5-10 x 5-10 mm , grey-green , broadly ovate to orbicular , base rounded to cuneate , apex obtuse , margins entire , white pubescent when young , glabrescent , gland dotted on both surfaces . Inflorescences of congested verticils , 8-10-flowered ; bracts narrow oblong ; pedicels 1-2 mm . Flowers often male-sterile , white ; calyx grey-green , tubular , ± 2 mm , teeth ± equal , densely eglandular pilose , hairs spreading , with many red oil globules ; corolla white , 2-lipped , 3 mm , scarcely exceeding the calyx , pilose with oil globules externally ; upper lip 2-lobed , lower lip 3-lobed ; stamens 4 , not exserted . Fruit nutlets , ovoid , smooth , only one developing . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Zataria bracteata Boiss.
Zataria multiflora var. elatior Boiss.
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Thyme
Avishan-e-Shirazi
Fine powder of dried pounded leaves added to goat’s milk for flavor. Recently used as drink or very often mixed with tea. (Ref. Oman botanic Garden). In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2015) wrote that: "Known by the local people as za'ater [Arabic for thyme], and used in traditional medicine for stomach problems and colic". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol. 3).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.sciencedirect.com *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
