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Article Nº 1798 Plant Vol. II · p. 241

Hissopo (Satureja thymoides)

Describes the hissopo (Satureja thymoides), a small woody labiate very common across the archipelago and used as an expectorant; true hyssop does not occur in Madeira.

A small woody labiate with sessile or almost sessile leaves, which look linear because their margins are rolled, and small purplish corollas whose tube is enclosed, or almost enclosed, in the calyx. It is very common across almost the whole archipelago, where it is used as an expectorant. The hyssop of the pharmacies (Hyssopus officinalis) is not found in Madeira, not even in cultivation.

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