Thymbra spicata, also commonly known as spiked savoury, spiked thymbra, thyme spike and donkey hyssop, is a perennial-green dwarf shrub of the family Lamiaceae, native to Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq and Iran, having erect stems bearing strongly scented leaves, rich in polyphenols such as rosmarinic acid, carvacrol (CVL) and different flavonoids.

[3] However, the flowers in this shrub are not arranged in nest-like clusters, as in Satureja thymbra, with gaps between them in leaps, but are crowded together in a dense raceme at the top of the stem.

[4] The leaves are covered with tiny glandular hairs, and their edges have long cilia.

The flowers are arranged at the ends of the stems in dense oval inflorescences that lengthen as they ripen.

[4] The plant's leaf glands secrete essential oils, which give to Thymbra spicata its pungent odor.