A low aromatic perennial with tetragonal stems covered in whitish hairs. Leaves rounded and hairy on both surfaces with a very strong aroma. From June to December pink or mauve flowers with purplish nerves and a tubular shape appear.

Grows on dry rocky ground, fallow fields, roadsides and occasionally on sand dunes or by dried up streams and irrigation channels from sea-level to 4,900 ft.

A Cypriot folk remedy for nephritis and other kidney disorders is, "boil one handful of dry leaves in one oke of water administer by mouth four times a day to sufferer for at least one week". Kidney pain and colics can also be treated by rubbing externally with boiled or hot leaves.
sun: full sun (teljes napsütés)