| DESCRIPTION: It is an erect aromatic shrub reaching 10-35 cm in height with much-branched woody stems with tiny, paired opposite leaves. Flowers up to 7.5 mm, cream to purple. USE: It has medicinal and aromatic properties and is used in cosmetics and perfumery. Also grown as an ornamental and formerly used as fumigator for hospitals and prisons. GROWING PERIOD: Perennial. Flowering period March-July. COMMON NAMES: Zeeter. FURTHER INF: Found growing wild in Morocco, particularly on waste ground. It thrives in calcareous light, dry to fast draining, stony, not very fertile soils, but it can be cultivated in heavy soils, although it becomes less aromatic. |