Micromeria glomerata

Micromeria glomerata, known locally as cliff thyme (Spanish: tomillo de risco) or thyme of Taganana, is a species of plant with woody chameleophyte flowers, belonging to the Lamiaceae family. It is a species endemic to the northeast of the Canary Island of Tenerife, whose description was first made in 1974, thanks to botanist Pedro Luis Pérez de Paz. It is a medicinal and aromatic plant with pink-purple flowers that grows at low altitude in the crevices of the slopes of the protected area of the Anaga Rural Park, located in the massif of the same name. The flexible, puberulose stem and with internodes can reach 10 to 40 centimeters in height. On the other hand, the leaves are small and flat, 8 mm long by 6 mm wide.11 In 1991, R. H. Willemse confused it with what he believed to be a new species, so he gave it the name of Satureja anagae, although this was eventually rejected. Its holotype, dated May 27, 1972, is kept in the herbarium of the University of La Laguna. Due to its small dist......read more on Wikipedia.