Corsican thyme
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Corsican thyme ( Thymus herba-barona ) |
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The Corsican thyme ( Thymus herba-barona ) is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
The Corsican thyme is a small shrub whose prostrate to ascending, creeping stems become lignified. Non-flower-bearing stems are missing, the flower-bearing stems are 5 to 10 cm long and are hairy all around. The leaves are 6 to 9 mm long and 2 to 4 mm wide. They are elliptical to rhombic-egg-shaped, stalked, pointed to the front, herbaceous and provided with flat to slightly rolled back edges. They are hairless or finely hairy and ciliate at the base. The leaf veins are inconspicuous.
The inflorescences are almost head-shaped and loose, the lowest whorls are occasionally a little apart. The bracts resemble the foliage leaves. The calyx is 3 to 5 mm long. The upper teeth are up to 1.5 mm long and slightly longer than wide and scaly, but not ciliate. The crown is up to 9 mm long and pale purple.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28 or 84.
Occurrence and locations
The species occurs in Corsica and perhaps also in Sardinia .
literature
- Thomas Gaskell Tutin et al. (Ed.): Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thymus herba-barona at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Thymus herba-barona. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 18, 2019.