Thymus bracteatus
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Thymus bracteatus is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus bracteatus is a small shrub with long, slender, upturned to prostrate, non-flower-bearing stems , from which about 12 cm long, upright to ascending, flower-bearing and hairy stems and axillary tufts of deciduous leaves extend. These are 8 to 12 mm long and (rarely only 1.2) 1.5 to 2 mm wide. They are herbaceous, pale green, hairless, ciliate at the base and usually petiolate.
The inflorescences are head-shaped to somewhat elongated, with the lowest false whorl standing a little away. The bracts are 2.5 to 4 mm wide, resemble the foliage leaves, are elliptical to narrowly ovate, mostly protruding beyond the sham whorls, pale green and ciliate. The calyx is 4.5 to 6 mm long, the calyx-tube is bell-shaped to almost cylindrical and hairy and significantly shorter than the lips. The upper teeth are about 1.2 to 1.8 cm long, narrowly lanceolate and ciliate. The crown is 7 to 8 mm long and whitish in color.
Occurrence and locations
The species occurs in the middle and east of Spain .
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 bracteatuss. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 18, 2019.