Morphological and anatomical properties of Micromeria myrtifolia Boiss. et Hohen.

Abstract

Micromeria myrtifolia Boiss. et Hohen. grows naturally in Turkey and is used as a folk medicine. The plant is suffrutescens perennial herb, covered on all its parts with glandular and non-glandular hairs. Stems numerous, vertisillasters globose-hemispherical and many flowered, calyx tubular, corolla mauve-pink. Leaves are dorsiventral and amphistomatic with diacytic stomata. Herbaceous stems have primary and secondary structures. Vascular system is composed of single large bundle in the corners of the stem but two or more small ones in the between corners. Pith consists of parenchymatous tissue with lignified walls. The anatomical structure of M. myrtifolia displays some xero-mesomorphic characteristics.