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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Origanum
Species:	O. cordifolium
Binomial name
Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel

Habitat

Moist, shady rocky slopes, by streams and roadbanks on igneous rocks at 300–900 m.

Distribution

Endemic to Cyprus found In a limited area of the Paphos Forest in Roudhia valley (Alonoudhi, Steni etc.)

References

External links

• "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.