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Tuesday 21 July 2015

Paphos origanum - Origanum cordifolium (Benth.) Vogel - Ορίγανον το καρδιόφυλλον - Endemic to Cyprus

See also  - Λίστα Ενδημικών Φυτών της Κύπρου - List of Endemics plants of Cyprus

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Endemic to Cyprus
Origanum cordifoliumPaphos origanum is a subshrub with suberect, cylindrical, hairless, often purplish shoots, 40–60 cm high. Leaves opposite, simple, entire or irregularly dentate, stalkless, ovoid to cordate, 1-2 x 0.8–2 cm, leathery, hairless, acute. Flowers on pendulous spikes, zygomorphic, corolla bifid, whitish or pinkish, 1-4, subtended by purplish-green, large bracts. Flowers June–August. Fruit of 4 nutlets.
Moist, shady rocky slopes, by streams and roadbanks on igneous rocks at 300–900 m.
Endemic to Cyprus found In a limited area of the Paphos Forest in Roudhia valley (Alonoudhi, Steni etc.) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photos Kafizides, 20/6/2015 by George Konstantinou






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