Thymus bracteosus
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Thymus bracteosus is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus bracteosus is a small shrub that forms long, prostrate, woody stems , from which about 10 cm long, flower-bearing and hairy to tomentose stems extend. The leaves are 10 to 17 mm long and 2 to 3 mm wide. They are elongated, spatulate, blunt, herbaceous, hairless and ciliate in the lower half.
The inflorescences are kapitula . The bracts are up to 13 mm long and 6 mm wide, egg-shaped, long ciliate and often partly purple in color. The calyx is 5 to 6 mm long (rarely only 4), the calyx tube is almost cylindrical, shorter than the lips and, at least on the underside, bristly hairy. The upper teeth are about 1.5 to 2 cm long, narrowly lanceolate and ciliate. The crown is 6 to 8 mm long and colored purple.
Occurrence and locations
The species occurs in the west of Croatia.
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 bracteosus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 18, 2019.