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Micromeria imbricata (Forssk.) C.Chr.
EOL Text
imbricata: ovelapping like tiles or imbricate;
rhodesiaca: of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe..
Erect, ascending or sometimes decumbent, shrubby, aromatic perennial herb, up to c. 1 m tall. Stems woody near the base, hairy. Leaves opposite, ovate to almost circular, 6-12 mm long, somewhat stiffly leathery, papillose to hairy above, often with sessile glands on the veins beneath; margin almost entire; petiole less than 3 mm long. Flowers in 3-20-flowered, axillary clusters, concentrated towards the end of the stems. Calyx tubular, prominently 13-veined, 2.3–4.5 mm long in fruit. Corolla 4-9 mm long, mauve or violet, sometimes white, 2-lipped; upper lip emarginate, lower lip 3 lobed, flat with broad, somewhat emarginate central lobe.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
imbricata: overlapping like tiles or imbricate.
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
Highlands of southern Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Widespread from the Arabian Peninsula to South Africa.
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Global Distribution
West Asia, India and South Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Malappuram, Idukki, Palakkad
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Mareotic Sector.
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