Acinos troodi

Throodos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Acinos
Species: A. troodi
Binomial name
Acinos troodi
( Post) Leblebici
Synonyms
  • Clinopodium troodi ( Post) Govaerts

Acinos troodi, Troödos rock thyme is a perennial spawling herb with a woody rootstock and reddish-green 5-20 cm long hairy shoots. Leaves opposite, simple, obscurely dentate, broadly ovate, 2-7 x 2-8 mm, petiolate, thinly hairy. Flowers in congested verticillasters, corolla bifid, pink or purple, much longer than calyx, flowers June-August, fruit of 4 nutlets.[1]

Habitat

Rocky slopes on serpentine at 1600-1950 m altitude.

Distribution

Endemic to Cyprus where it is confined to the highest peaks of the Troödos Mountains, mainly around Khionistra, where it is locally common.

References

  1. ↑ 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

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