Clinopodium graveolens(M.Bieb.) Kuntze subsp. rotundifolium (Pers.) Govaerts (Syn: Acinos rotundifolius Pers.) Filiskin (in Turkish)

Clinopodium graveolens(M.Bieb.) Kuntze subsp. rotundifolium (Pers.) Govaerts (Syn: Acinos rotundifolius Pers.) - Filiskin (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Erect to decumbent annual, 3−30 cm, stems often crispate and densely long-hairy, rarely glandular. Leaves 5−17 × 3−13 mm, glandular, puberulous to crispate or densely long-haired, lanceolate-ovate or obovate to orbicular, upper part shallowly or conspicuously serrate, apex mucronate. Verticillasters 1−10, 2−12-flowered. Calyx 5−9 mm, glandular, ± densely long-hairy, lower teeth 2−3.5 mm, upper teeth 1−2.5 mm, projecting or not beyond lower teeth, spreading to recurved or parallel. Corolla pale blue to purple or pink, (7−)8−12(−14) mm.

Flowering time: April−August.

Habitat: Stony slopes (often calcareous), steppe, pasture, gullies, corn and fallow fields, s.l−2200 m.

Reference:

Leblebici E (1982). Acinos rotundifolius Pers., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 7: 334.

Public Description:

Clinopodium graveolens subsp. rotundifolium, known as “filiskin” in Turkish, is distributed in Northwest Africa, Southern Europe and Southwest Asia. It is an annual herb with pale blue to purple or pink flowers. It blooms between April and August and is found in stony slopes (often calcareous), steppe, pasture, gullies, corn and fallow fields.

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Acinos+rotundifolius/, Accessed date: 14.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=7922/, Accessed date: 14.02.2016.

Dirmenci T (2012). Clinopodium L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 550–553.