Thymus atticus
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Thymus atticus is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus atticus is a small shrub with woody, bent to prostrate, non-flower-bearing stems , from which up to 15 cm long, upright to ascending, flower-bearing and hairy stems extend. The flower-bearing stems have, at least at the base, tufts of deciduous leaves similar to the non-flowering stems. The leaves are 12 to 20 mm long and about 1 mm wide. They are almost blunt, almost leathery, hairless and ciliate at the base. The leaf veins are rather inconspicuous and run parallel.
The inflorescences are dense heads. The bracts are broadly ovate and narrowed in the middle, they are blunt, the lowest are usually 9 mm long and 3 mm wide. They are leathery, straw-colored and clearly veined and ciliate. The underside is hairy close-fitting. The calyx is 5 to 7 mm long and finely haired, the veins are clearly visible. The upper teeth are about 1 to 1.5 cm long and lanceolate. The crown is colored whitish or pink.
Occurrence and locations
The species occurs in the eastern half of the Balkan Peninsula and in western Turkey.
Systematics
Within the genus of the thyme ( thymus ) the species is classified in the sub- section Subbracteati of the section Hyphodromi .
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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
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Thymus atticus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ↑ Ramón Morales: The history, botany and taxonomy of the genus Thymus. In: Elisabeth Stahl-Biskup, Francisco Sáez: Thyme. The genus thymus. Taylor & Francis, London 2002, ISBN 0-415-28488-0 , pp. 1-43 ( Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Industrial Profiles 24).