Micromeria cristata
Micromeria cristata
Ssp carminea: Al boğumcuk; Ssp cristata: Kaya boğumcuğu; Ssp orientalis: Kıllı boğumcuk;
Ssp phrygia: Sarıcıçayı; Ssp xylorrhiza: Kertişkuyruğu
Perennial with a stout woody tortuous stock. Flowering stems erect or ascending, 3-16 cm, bearing at base short, hairy, imbricate-leaved resting-buds. Median leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 5-8 x 1-3 mm, subsessile, margin narrowly revolute, pubescent to pilose, usually overlapping, erect or patent. Inflorescence spike-like, head-like or thyrsoid, 1-10 cm x 5-15 mm. Verticillasters conferted or ± distant, 2-6-flowered, longer than floral leaves; cymules ± lax or very shortly stalked. Bracteoles subulate, shorter to longer than pedicels. Calyx narrowly tubular, 3-6 mm, subactinomorphic, strongly nerved, pubescent; teeth subequal, lanceolate-subulate to narrowly triangular-acuminate, 1/3-1/5 as long as calyx, straight or subpatent; throat bearded. Corolla 5-11 mm, white to pale mauve, purplish or carmine. Nutlets oblong, c. 1 x 0.4 mm, acuminate.
1. Leaves suberect, imbricate; inflorescence spike-like, 5-7 mm broad ; corolla 5-6 mm
2. Stems 5-16 cm; inflorescence 3-10 cm x 6-7 mm, dense; calyx 3-4 mm subsp. cristata
2. Stems 3-7 cm; inflorescence 1.5-2.5 cm x c. 5 mm; calyx 4-4.5 mm subsp. xylorrhiza
1. Leaves ± patent; inflorescence thyrsoid or head-like, 8-15 mm broad ; corolla 6-11 mm
3. Calyx 5-6 mm; corolla 8-11 mm, carmine; inflorescence congested, head-like, as long as broad, cymules dense subsp. carminea
3. Calyx 3.5-4.5 mm; corolla 6-7 mm, white, mauve or purple; inflorescence usually longer than broad, cymules lax
4. Flowering stems 3-5 cm, usually branched above, forming a domed plant; inflorescence 1-3 cm x 8-10 mm, verticillasters crowded together; leaves and stems puberulent subsp. phrygia
4. Flowering stems 4-12 cm, simple or branched below; inflorescence 3-7 cm x 10-15 mm, verticillasters laxer and clearly separated; leaves and stems patently pilose subsp. orientalis
1. Leaves suberect, imbricate; inflorescence spike-like, 5-7 mm broad ; corolla 5-6 mm
2. Stems 5-16 cm; inflorescence 3-10 cm x 6-7 mm, dense; calyx 3-4 mm subsp. cristata
2. Stems 3-7 cm; inflorescence 1.5-2.5 cm x c. 5 mm; calyx 4-4.5 mm subsp. xylorrhiza
1. Leaves ± patent; inflorescence thyrsoid or head-like, 8-15 mm broad ; corolla 6-11 mm
3. Calyx 5-6 mm; corolla 8-11 mm, carmine; inflorescence congested, head-like, as long as broad, cymules dense subsp. carminea
3. Calyx 3.5-4.5 mm; corolla 6-7 mm, white, mauve or purple; inflorescence usually longer than broad, cymules lax
4. Flowering stems 3-5 cm, usually branched above, forming a domed plant; inflorescence 1-3 cm x 8-10 mm, verticillasters crowded together; leaves and stems puberulent subsp. phrygia
4. Flowering stems 4-12 cm, simple or branched below; inflorescence 3-7 cm x 10-15 mm, verticillasters laxer and clearly separated; leaves and stems patently pilose subsp. orientalis
