| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Micromeria nervosa (Desf.) Benth- |
| Bibliography | Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 376 (1834) |
| Native Range | Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-1200m |
| Description | patule softly lanate, leaves subsessile, margins revolute, cordate-ovate, acute, cymes many flowered, axillary, shortly pedicellate, producing narrow spike, bracts subulate |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | pale purple |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 nervosum (Desf.) Kuntze Micromeria hirsuta Mazziari ex Nyman Micromeria nervosa var. plumosa (Hampe) Nyman Micromeria plumosa H.Buek Satureja capitata Desf. Satureja filiformis Ten. Satureja fortii Pamp. Satureja graeca ssp. nervosa (Desf.) O.Bolós & Vigo Satureja nervos Desf. Satureja plumosa Hampe |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, SAR Sardegna) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |