Abstract The essential oils of wild growing Satureja montana ssp. kitaibelii Wierzb. and S. pilosa var. pilosa Velen were analyzed by GC and CG/MS. The number of compounds identified were 44 and 40, respectively, the major ones being limonene (15.7%) and p-cymene (13.1%) in S. montana ssp. kitabibelii, and thymol (46.1%) and p-cymene (12.7%) in S. pilosa var. pilosa oil.