| |
|
 | |
| MaltaWildPlants.com by Stephen Mifsud |
|
| |
|
|
 |  |  |  |
| External Links: |
|
Micromeria microphylla (Maltese savory) |
Micromeria microphylla (LAMIACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
|
| 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.) |
|
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 south Sicily, Lampedusa, Pantelleria, etc. | Frequency : | Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: CHAMEOPHYTE (dwarf or small shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule VIII of legal notice LN311/2006. (Exploitation subject to management measures) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | All Year | Colour of Flowers: | Pink or Violet |
|
| Species Description 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):
|
 |
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.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Cr Cy It Si |
|
|
|
|
| Submit further info on this species |
|
Use this form to submit more information on this species or report mistakes in this webpage. If information supplied is taken from a book, journal or website, please provide the corresponding reference or website address. Your email address is only for internal communication. Please report only Maltese locations for plants that indicated as rare or very rare (refer to the Nomenclature section). Please do report mistakes, broken links, technical errors, silly typing / grammar errors, misidentifications or taxonomical updates; this will help to improve the website's accuracy. Thanks you! Fill any of the three sections (A/B/C) below and kindly submit the form. * = required fields.
|
|
|
|
| |
