Micromeria fruticosa, Micromeria serpyllifolia, White micromeria,
White savory, White-leaved savory, Tea Hyssop,
Hebrew: זוטה לבנה, Arabic: عشب الشاي

Scientific name:		Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce
Synonym name:		Micromeria serpyllifolia (M.Bieb.) Boiss.
Common name:		White micromeria, White savory, White-leaved savory, Tea Hyssop
Hebrew name:		zuta levana, זוטה לבנה
Arabic name:		ashab a-shai, عشب الشاي
Family:		Labiatae / Lamiaceae, שפתניים

Location: Ramat Hanadiv (“heights of the benefactor”)

Life form:		Chamaephyte
Stems:		40-70 cm; erect, minutely whitish-velutinous; branches divaricate
Leaves:		Opposite, lanceolate to ovate-orbicular; entire margin
Inflorescence:		Verticillasters with 10-30 flowers, lax, greatly exceeding subtending leaves
Flowers:		Calyx, obovoid-tubular, villous in throat; corolla, White
Fruits / pods:		Nutlets obtuse
Flowering Period:		February, March, April, May, June
Habitat:		Hard rock outcrops
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Perennating

Location: Ramat Hanadiv (“heights of the benefactor”) Derivation of the botanical name: Micromeria, mikros (Greek), "small", meris, "a part"; the flowers of these low-growing herbs and sub-shrubs are very small. fruticosa, frutex (Latin), "a shrub", therefore, shrubby, bushy. serpyllifolia, with leaves like Thymus serpyllum. The Hebrew name: זוטה, zuta, a small thing, trifle. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Druce is used to indicate George Claridge Druce (1850 – 1932), an English botanist and a Mayor of Oxford. The standard author abbreviation M.Bieb. is used to indicate Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (1768 - 1826), a German explorer. The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 – 1885),a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician. Micromeria fruticosa, a native herb, the leaves are used for tea. See the list of Medicinal herbs in Israel, the parts used and their medical uses to treat various diseases.