Origanum cordifolium 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.[1]
| Origanum cordifolium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Origanum |
| Species: | O. cordifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel
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Habitat
editMoist, shady rocky slopes, by streams and roadbanks on igneous rocks at 300–900 m.
Distribution
editEndemic to Cyprus found In a limited area of the Paphos Forest in Roudhia valley (Alonoudhi, Steni etc.)
References
edit- ^ 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
External links
edit- "Origanum videos, photos and facts – Origanum cordifolium | ARKive". arkive.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- "IUCN Red List maps". maps.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-24.