Thymus capitellatus
| Thymus capitellatus | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Thymus capitellatus | ||||||||||||
| Hoffmanns. & Link |
Thymus capitellatus is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus capitellatus is a small shrub with a stature height of 20 to 40 cm. It has upright to protruding, woody stems in whose armpits there are tufts of leaves . These are 3 to 5 mm long and 1 to 1.5 mm wide. They are stalked, narrowly ovate and hairy tomentose. The leaf margin is rolled back and not ciliated.
The inflorescences are composed of almost spherical, often stalked cymes 6 to 8 mm in diameter. The bracts broadly ovate and greenish. The calyx is 3 to 4 mm long, bell-shaped, the upper teeth are about as long as they are wide and not ciliate. The crown is whitish.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 30.
Occurrence
The species is common in southwestern Portugal .
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 capitellatus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Thymus capitellatus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 18, 2019.
Web links
- Thymus capitellatus onthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Barreto Caldas, F, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2013.