Micromeria fruticosa, (L.) Druce

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 168

1. M. fruticosa (L.) Druce , Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Is. 3: 421 (1914)

( M. marifolia (Cav.) Bentham ).

Dwarf shrub 30- 60 cm, minutely whitish-velutinous; branches divaricate. Leaves 5-20x2-12 mm, lanceolate to ovate-orbicular, entire to weakly sinuate or dentate, flat. Verticillasters with 10-30(-50) flowers, lax, greatly exceeding subtending leaves. Calyx (1 -5-)2-5-3-5 mm, obovoid-tubular to obconic, densely villous in throat; teeth c. i as long as tube, triangular, equal. Corolla 5-10 mm, whitish. Nutlets obtuse. Usually calcicole. E. Spain; C. Italy; S.W. Jugoslavia; Krym.?Gr Hs It Ju Rs (K).