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Micromeria microphylla (Maltese savory) |
Micromeria microphylla (LAMIACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Micromeria microphylla(D'urv) Benth.
Published in (D'Urv.) Bentham, op. cit. 377 (1834) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Lamiaceae
Lindl. (=Labiatae) (The Mint Family)
36 species from the Lamiaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Maltese savory, Small-leaved Micromeria |
Maltese name(s) : |
Xpakkapietra, Xkattapietra, Sagħtrija |
Status for Malta : |
Subendemic. Found in Malta and neighbouring territories such as in Sicily,
Lampedusa, Pantelleria, and other islands. |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: CHAMEOPHYTE ( dwarf or small woody shrubs )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Protected by law: Schedule VIII of [S.L. 549.44] (Exploitation subject to management measures) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
All Year |
Colour of Flowers: |
Pink or Violet |
Name Derivation : |
Micromeria: Micro' meaning small and 'meris' meaning parts, thus having small parts mainly referring to the small flowers and leaves of plants in this Genus. (Greek origin )
microphylla: Having small leaves ('micro' = small, 'phyll' = leaves). (Greek origin )
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Garigue, Valley sides, Rocky wasteground. | |
Botanical Description: |
Subglabrous to somewhat pubescent dwarf shrub 10-30 cm with more or less filiform, procumbent or ascending, often branched stems. Leaves 3-6 x 2-4 mm, triangular-ovate to elliptical, the upper sometimes narrowly elliptical, rounded or cuneate at base, acute, entire, flat, subsessile. Verticillasters with 1-6 usually erecto-patent flowers; peduncles or pedicels c. ½ as long as subtending leaves. Calyx 2.5-3.5 mm, patent-pubescent, villous in throat; teeth c. ½ as long as tube, lanceolate-acuminate to -subulate, unequal. Corolla 5-8 mm, purple. | |
Distributional range: |
. S. Italy and Sicilia Kriti and Karpathos. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Doubtful in the Balaeric Islands, Crete, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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Cr Cy It Si |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
