Clinopodium troodi
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| Species: | A. troodi
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| Acinos troodi (Post) Leblebici
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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
- ^ 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
External links
- http://www.natureofcyprus.org/detailinfo.aspx?cid=5&recid=805&rowid=1&rowcount=1&pageindex=0&pagesize=5
- http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo260356.htm
- http://www.ncu.org.cy/troodos/lang1/gallery/Acinos-troodi-web.jpg
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-43688
- http://www.medislandplant.eu/assets/islands/cyprus3.jpg
- http://www.turkiyebitkileri.com/tur-detay.aspx?ID=3536#.VBky2RZWrtc[permanent dead link]
