Clinopodium troodi

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]

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

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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