Thymus carnosus
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Thymus carnosus is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus carnosus is a small, cushion-forming shrub with heights of 20 to 40 mm, which forms upright to ascending, woody stems with tufts of deciduous leaves in their axils . These are 5 to 7 mm long and 1 to 2 mm wide. They are stalked, ovate-lanceolate, fleshy and hairless on top, tomentose on the underside. The leaf margin is rolled back and ciliate at the base.
The inflorescences are 1 to 3 cm in size. The bracts are egg-shaped and greenish. The calyx is 3 to 4 mm long, the calyx tube is bell-shaped, the upper teeth are as long as they are wide and not ciliate. The crown is whitish in color.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 56.
Occurrence
The species is distributed from southwest and southern Portugal to southwest 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
- ↑ Thymus carnosus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Thymus carnosus. 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 carnosus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Balao, F., Barreto Caldas, F, Casimiro-Soriguer Solanas, F., Sánchez-Gullón, E. & Talavera Lozano, S., 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2013.