مردقوش إهرنبرغي

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Opposite, obtuse, densely dotted with glands; 10–20 mm long. Basal leaves petiolate; upper cauline leaves sessile and fasciculigerous (borne in small clusters).

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Flowering peduncles short. Spikes subsessile and fasciculate, borne from the upper two-thirds of the stems, forming a long, continuous thyrse of spaced axillary inflorescences surmounted by a terminal spike of identical structure. Floral leaves reduced; each spike 10–15 mm. Bracts ovate–spatulate, lozenge-shaped, pale green, not veined, and exceeding the calyx. Calyx regular, with 5 teeth, densely covered with red glands. Corolla white, 2–3 times longer than the calyx, gradually widening toward the limb and bearing scattered glands; stamens included.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Four smooth nutlets, typical of Origanum .

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: June – October.

الانتشار الموثق

Endemic to Lebanon

Lebanese distribution: Widely distributed in Mount Lebanon and the adjoining foothills. Recorded by Mouterde from Nahr el-Kelb, ʿAïn Qaʿa, ʿAïn Zehalta, Jabal Barouk, the Zahlé–Bikfaya ridge, Sannine, Col de Zahlé, Jabal Kneissé, Beit Méri, Broummana, Jebaʿa, Choueir, Dhour Choueir, Bikfaya, Beit Chebab, ʿAraya, Faraya, Salima, Qartaba, and Falougha.

Native range: Endemic to Lebanon.

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Perennial, woody at the base, with simple or few branched, erect to ascending stems 30–50(–80) cm tall. Lower portions of stems bearing sparse, spreading hairs; the rest of the plant glabrous.

دورة الحياة

معمرة

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Origanum ehrenbergii

الفصيلة

شفوية

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

عشبة الدم

Ajuga chamaepitys

Ajuga chamaepitys subsp. tridactylites

Ballota saxatilis subsp. saxatilis

Clinopodium barbatum