Origanum syriacum
Origanum syriacum
Hababa
var. bevanii
Subshrub to 90 cm, hirsute-tomentose. Branches to 10 pairs per stem, to 10 cm. Leaves petiolate or subsessile , ± ovate, 5-35 x 4-23 mm, acute or obtuse, entire or remotely serrulate or crenulate, veins raised on lower surface. Spicules in ± paniculate inflorescence, c. 5-25 x 4 mm. Bracts obovate or ±elliptic, 2-5 x 1.5-3.5 mm, acute or obtuse, entire or denticulate. Calyx c. 2.5 mm. Corolla 4.5-7.5 mm. Fl. 5-10. Calcareous rocks and slopes, often in partial shade, 200-2700 m.
Cyprus, Lebanon, Latakia? E. Medit, element.
