Family |
Lamiaceae
Micromeria cremnophila subsp. amana
(Rech.f.) P.H.Davis
Leb. Syr. Tur.
Micromeria cremnophila subsp. amana (Rech.f.) P.H.Davis
= Micromeria amana Rech.f.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 176; 1983, as Micromeria amana. First published in Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 38: 40, 1980)
• Life-form & habit: Small suffruticose perennial, multicaule, 5–15 cm tall; stems very slender, ascending, glabrescent, green.
• Leaves: Basal leaves petiolate or subsessile, narrowly ovate, rounded at base, acute at apex, 4–6 mm long, green on both surfaces. Midrib prominent beneath, with 2–3 faint lateral veins. Upper surface glabrous or nearly so; lower surface with sparse white hairs. Upper cauline leaves narrower, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate; floral leaves linear, about as long as the calyx.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Cymes from mid-stem upwards, generally 3-flowered, somewhat distant. Pedicels filiform, stiff, <1 mm. Calyx c. 2 mm, slightly pubescent with rigid hairs, 5-nerved, teeth subequal or slightly unequal, spreading. Corolla white to pale pink, scarcely exserted.
• Fruit: Nutlets small, slightly attenuate at both ends.
• Phenology: Flowers in summer.
• Habitat & elevation: Rocky slopes and limestone cliffs of high mountains.
• Lebanese distribution: Mount Lebanon: Bcharré–Ehden, Qala‘at ‘Arrouba, Jabal Qamou‘a.
• Syrian distribution: Amanus Mountains and Jabal Cassius (NW Syria).
• Native range: Amanus, Cassius, and Lebanon.