Micromeria Benth.

Micromérie (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae

Characteristics

Subshrubs or herbs. Leaves subsessile to short petiolate, ± hairy, conspicuously impressed glandular, upper leaves bractlike. Verticillasters axillary, 1-to many flowered, in terminal spikes or panicles. Calyx tubular, 13(-15)-veined, straight or slightly curved, ± hairy, glandular, throat pilose, limb with 5 subequal straight teeth or somewhat 2-lipped. Corolla white, reddish, to purple, 2-lipped, hairy; tube straight, gradually dilated at throat; upper lip straight, margin entire, apex emarginate or 2-lobed; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed; lobes subequal or middle lobe larger, margin entire, undulate, or emarginate. Stamens 4, anterior 2 longer, ascending, free, apex arcuate, approximate, included or occasionally exserted; anther cells 2, parallel, divergent or divaricate, connectives transversely thicker. Style apex 2-cleft; lobes subulate, equal or anterior lobe elongated, involute, flat, posterior lobe short. Nutlets ovoid or triquetrous oblong, dry, smooth.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Images

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Distribution

Micromeria world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Angola, Albania, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Libya, Lesotho, Morocco, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Portugal, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Singapore, Somalia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Tunisia, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331772-2
WFO ID wfo-4000024153
COL ID 8VZDC
BDTFX ID 84641
INPN ID 194733
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Micromeria Apozia

Lower taxons

Micromeria benthamii Micromeria chionistrae Micromeria conferta Micromeria x confusa Micromeria cymuligera Micromeria douglasii Micromeria elliptica Micromeria ericifolia Micromeria filiformis Micromeria flagellaris Micromeria fontanesii Micromeria forbesii Micromeria hedgei Micromeria helianthemifolia Micromeria hochreutineri Micromeria hyssopifolia Micromeria imbricata Micromeria inodora Micromeria microphylla Micromeria myrtifolia Micromeria persica Micromeria pineolens Micromeria pseudocroatica Micromeria rivas-martinezii Micromeria sinaica Micromeria sphaerophylla Micromeria suborbicularis Micromeria tragothymus Micromeria unguentaria Micromeria weilleri Micromeria biflora Micromeria glomerata Micromeria guichardii Micromeria kerneri Micromeria lachnophylla Micromeria lanata Micromeria lasiophylla Micromeria lepida Micromeria leucantha Micromeria macrosiphon Micromeria madagascariensis Micromeria monantha Micromeria peltieri Micromeria x perez-pazii Micromeria serbaliana Micromeria tenuis Micromeria hispida Micromeria longipedunculata Micromeria densiflora Micromeria danaensis Micromeria marginata Micromeria nervosa Micromeria acropolitana Micromeria cristata Micromeria teneriffae Micromeria varia Micromeria gomerensis Micromeria hierrensis Micromeria pedro-luisii Micromeria x ayamosnae Micromeria maderensis Micromeria canariensis Micromeria x broussonetii Micromeria x angosturae Micromeria x benthamineolens Micromeria bourlieri Micromeria hispida Micromeria hybrida Micromeria x intermedia Micromeria meteorica Micromeria x nogalesii Micromeria preauxii Micromeria sphaciotica Micromeria x tagananensis Micromeria x wildpretii Micromeria mahanensis Micromeria browiczii Micromeria x tolomensis Micromeria x garajonayii Micromeria albanica Micromeria cremnophila Micromeria croatica Micromeria carpatha Micromeria debilis Micromeria arganietorum Micromeria brivesii Micromeria juliana Micromeria herpyllomorpha Micromeria graeca