Xpakkapietra
Din il-paġna għadha mhix tradotta għall-Malti.
A small, woody shrub of garigue and valley sides, in flower from November to May. It is indigenous to the Maltese Islands, which it has inhabited since before people arrived, and is listed as threatened in the Maltese Red Data Book.
Maltese savory is a dwarf shrub, about 10 to 30 cm tall, with pink or violet flowers. It grows on garigue, valley sides and rocky waste ground, and flowers from November to May.
The Online Flora of the Maltese Islands describes it as indigenous: it was present on the islands before people arrived. Elsewhere it grows in southern Italy and Sicily, and in Crete and Karpathos.
It is listed as threatened in the Red Data Book and protected by law (Schedule VIII of S.L. 549.44), which means it may be used only under management measures.
Kif tista' tgħin
Do not pick or cut the plant, and keep to paths in garigue.
Text: Online Flora of the Maltese Islands (Stephen Mifsud). Edited by the Editorial Team.
