Micromeria aybalae

Perennial herbs. Stems numerous, prostrate to procumbent, 5–15 cm long, slender, brittle, pilose with minutely glandular papillate thoroughly, sometimes ±hispid at the base. Leaves ovate, 4–8 × 2.5–4.5 mm, slightly revolute towards the apex, pilose with minutely glandular papillate on both surfaces, subsessile, petioles up to 0.5 mm long, attenuate to rounded at base, acute to obtuse at apex, veins invisible. Inflorescence lax, 2-flowered, to 6 × 2 cm, raceme or paniculate; cymules distinctly pedunculate. Bracts similar to leaves, 2–5 × 1.5–3 mm, ovate, shortly petiolate to subsessile; bracteoles 2, 1–1.5 mm long, linear, shorter than pedicel, pedicel 3–5 mm long. Calyx tubular, 4–4.5 mm long, subbilabiate, pilose with minutely glandular papillate, veins 15, visible, pilose at throat; teeth linear-lanceolate, 1.25–1.75 mm long, 1/3–1/2 of the tube, ±equal or lower ones slightly longer than upper ones, ciliate. Corolla 5–6 mm long, pinkish-white, exserted from corolla, minutely glandular papillate; upper lip emarginate, lower lip divided into 3 lobes; hairy inside of upper lip and mouth. Style slightly exserted from corolla, unequally 2-lobed. Stamens 4, included in corolla, filaments hairy at base. Nutlets oblong, c. 1.5 mm long, acuminate, mucro 0.3–0.4 mm, brown.

Endemic