Spiked Thyme / زعتر سبلة /

ثِمبرَة سُنبُليَّة / زعتر فارسي / زعيتمان / سباله /

Thymbra spicata L.

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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

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).
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
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.
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
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 3/9/2026.