Micromeria chionistrae
Micromeria chionistrae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Magnoliophyta |
Class: | Magnoliopsida |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Micromeria |
Species: | M. chionistrae |
Binomial name | |
Micromeria chionistrae Meikle | |
Synonyms | |
Micromeria chionistrae is a suberect to sprawling hairy-glandular subshrub up to 30 cm high. Flowers pink-purple, flowering June-November. [1]
Habitat
Crevices of igneous rocks at 850-1550 m altitude.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus and common in the Troödos Mountains: Stavros Psokas to Kykko, Mavri Gremmi (Paphos Forest). Ayia, Prodromos,Kryos Potamos, Kyparishia (Limassol Forest).[2]
References
- ↑ Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993, ISBN 9963-7931-0-X
- ↑ The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2