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Satureja coerulea, or blue savory, is a small perennial subshrub in the mint family, native to rocky slopes in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. It is grown as an ornamental for its blue flowers and does best in sunny, well-drained, lean soil.
Satureja coerulea, called blue savory, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Satureja, native to Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey, including East Thrace. A perennial reaching 25 cm, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental. It prefers to grow in limestone and granite soils on exposed rocky slopes.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
