''Nepeta troodi'', commonly known as Troodos cat-mint is a suberect, aromatic, perennial herb, 20–50 cm high, with a woody base and hairy tetragonal shoots. Leaves opposite, simple, serrate, cordate at base, deltoid, apex obtuse, 1-4 x 0.6–2 cm, petiolate, densely hairy. Flowers in many flowered verticillasters, zygomorphic, corolla white with the lower lip dotted purple. Flowers June to October. Fruit of 4 nutlets.
[The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, ]Bank of Cyprus
The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) ( el, Τράπεζα Κύπρου, tr, Kıbrıs Bankası) is a Cypriot financial services company established in 1899 with its headquarters in Strovolos.
Current operations
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Group, Nicosia
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1998,
Habitat
Rocky slopes, forest clearings or under pines on igneous rocks, altitude 1100–1950 m.
Distribution
Endemic
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to
Cyprus
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where it is confined to the higher peaks of
Troödos where it is not uncommon: Khnionistra,
Prodromos, Troodos Square, Loumata Aeton, Xerocolymbos, Papoutsa.
References
External links
* http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo262007.htm
* http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-135049
* http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/mpu017442
* http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/All/4899F3295C11C687C22577A70036E161/$file/Nepeta troodi-1.jpg?OpenElement
* http://eurekamag.com/research/008/160/anatomical-phytochemical-study-nepeta-troodi-holmboe-labiatae-endemic-cyprus.php
* http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Nepeta troodi
troodi
Endemic flora of Cyprus
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