| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Micromeria microphylla (d‘Urv.) Benth. |
| Bibliography | Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 377 (1834) |
| Native Range | Baleares, s. Italy, Sicilia, Malta, Libya |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | subglabrous, leaves 3-6mm, triangular-ovate to elliptic, acute, entire, flat, subsessile, whorls 1-6-flowered, flowers 5-8mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Clinopodium microphyllum (d‘Urv.) Kuntze Micromeria biflora var. rodriguezii (Freyn & Janka) Knoche Micromeria cypria Kotschy Micromeria cypria var. villosissima H.Lindb. Micromeria filiformis ssp. rodriguezii (Freyn & Janka) Bonafé Micromeria graeca var. pauciflora Vis. Micromeria knochei Sennen & Bianor Micromeria microphylla var. glabriuscula Benth. Micromeria microphylla ssp. rodriguezii (Freyn & Janka) Romo Micromeria microphylla var. villosa Benth. Micromeria nervosa ssp. rodriguezii (Freyn & Janka) Nyman Micromeria rodriguezii Freyn & Janka Satureja cordata ssp. rodriguezii (Freyn & Janka) O.Bolós & Vigo Saturea cypria (Kotschy) Prain Satureja graeca var. pauciflora (Vis.) Briq. Satureja microphylla (d´Urv.) Guss. Satureja microphylla ssp. rodriguezii (Freyn & Janka) O.Bolós & Vigo Satureja rodriguezii (Freyn & Janka) Rivas.Mart & al. Satureja teneriffae Willd. ex Link Thymus microphyllus d´Urv. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, SIC Sicilia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (LBY Libya) |