Juniperus foetidissima, Willd.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 39

7. J. foetidissima Willd. , Sp. Pl. 4 (2): 853 (1806).

Monoecious or dioecious; tree up to 17 m, with a straight stem, and a narrow conical crown. Twigs 1 mm wide, distinctly quadrangular, scaly, irregularly arranged. Leaves fetid when crushed, all decussate; the adult 1 -5 mm, ovate-rhombic, free at their acuminate apices, mostly eglandular, the border entire, not scarious. Cone 7- 12 mm, ripening in the second year, globose, pruinose when young, dark reddish-brown to nearly black when ripe. Seeds 1 or 2 (rarely 3) free. Mountains of Balkan peninsula, from Albania and Makedonija southwards; Krym. Al Gr Ju Rs (K).