Micromeria chionistrae is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is a suberect to sprawling hairy-glandular subshrub up to 30 cm high with pink-purple flowers, that emerge June–November.Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993,
Habitat It grows in crevices of igneous rocks at an altitude of 850–1550 m.
Distribution Endemic to Cyprus and common in the Troödos Mountains: Stavros Psokas to Kykko, Mavri Gremmi (Paphos Forest). Ayia, Prodromos, Kryos Potamos, Kyparishia (Limassol Forest).The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998,
References
External links http://www.natureofcyprus.org/detailinfo.aspx?cid=5&recid=271&rowid=174&rowcount=4&pageindex=34&pagesize=5 http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-127149