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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