Clinopodium troodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clinopodium
Species:
C. troodi
Binomial name
Clinopodium troodi
(Post) Govaerts
Synonyms[1]
  • Acinos troodi (Post) Leblebici
  • Calamintha troodi Post
  • Satureja troodi (Post) Holmboe
  • Ziziphora troodi (Post) Melnikov

Clinopodium troodi, the 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.[2]

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. ↑ "Clinopodium troodi (Post) Govaerts". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ↑ 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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