| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Micromeria elliptica K.Koch |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 21: 669 (1849) |
| Native Range | ne. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 500-1900m |
| Description | green, leaves minute, subsessile, margins revolute, obtuse, ovate-oblong, upper leaves elliptic-linear, cymes 3-4-flowered, shortly pedicellate, producing short spike |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Clinopodium ellipticum (K.Koch) Kuntze Micromeria calvertii Boiss. Micromeria elegans Boriss. Micromeria elliptica var. nana K.Koch Micromeria pubescens Boiss. & Kotschy Satureja elliptica (K.Koch) Briq. Satureja kochii Greuter & Burdet |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |