Spiked Thyme / زعتر سبلة

ثِمبرَة سُنبُليَّة / زعيتمان / زعتر فارسي / سباله

Thymbra spicata L.

Leaves, March. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Herbal tea
  • Pickled
Blooming period
April to July
Foraging period
March to July
Seed collection period
July to October
Potential medicinal uses
  • Antimicrobial
  • Aromatic
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Crimson
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Thymbra
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q2430270
GBIF Item
Thymbra spicata L. (7307908)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Tesdell, Imseeh, O., Othman, A., Othman, Y., Dowani, Y., Shqeirat, R., Bamieh, Y., Tesdell, E., Khouri, S. (2018). Palestinian Wild food plants. Ramallah: Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center (English and Arabic).
  3. Thymbra spicata L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.
  4. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  5. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.

Citation

Thymbra spicata L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/647 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.

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