Micromeria myrtifolia
Micromeria myrtifolia
Boğumluçay
Erect suffruticose perennial of variable facies. Stems 20-45 cm, recurved-pubescent. Median leaves ovate to elliptic, 7-11 x 3-5.5 mm, pubescent to shortly hirsute, margin narrowly revolute, subacute to shortly acuminate, pubescent to shortly hirsute, petiole c. 1 mm. Inflorescence long and usually lax, 10-20 cm, internodes 2-3 x verticillasters. Verticillasters densely globose-hemispherical and typically many-flowered, 1/2-1 x floral leaves, cymules and flowers subsessile . Bracteoles linear-subulate, typically c. as long as calyx tube. Calyx cylindrical, 3-3.5 mm, shortly hispidulous, teeth subequal, or upper 3 half as long as lower pair, 1/5-1/4 as long as calyx, narrowly lanceolate, divergent; throat bearded. Corolla c. 5 mm, mauve or pink. Nutlets oblong, 0.7-1 x 0.3 mm, obtuse to mammilliform. Fl. 5-7. Rocky slopes and crevices , open Pinus brutia forest, macchie, phrygana, s.l.-1900 m,
Greece, Aegean, Cyprus, W. Syria, N. Iraq, W. Iran. E. Medit. element.
