Origanum onites
Origanum onites
Bilyalı kekik
Subshrub to 6,5 cm, hirsute. Branches to 10 pairs per stem, to 13 cm. Leaves petiolate to subsessile , cordate, ovate or elliptic, 3-22 x 2-19 mm, ± acute or acuminate, remotely serrulate or entire, veins ± raised on lower surface. Spicules in corymbiform inflorescence, c. 3-17 x 4 mm. Bracts obovate or elliptic, 2-5 x 1.5-4 mm, obtuse to acuminate, entire or denticulate. Calyx 2-3 mm. Corolla white, 3-7 mm. Fl. 4-8. Stony hills and rocky slopes, usually on limestone, sometimes in partial shade, s.l.-1400 m.
Sicily, Greece, Aegean. E. Medit. element.
