Thymus dolopicus

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Thymus dolopicus
Systematics
Asterids
Euasterids I
Order : Mint family (Lamiales)
Family : Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Genre : Thyme ( thymus )
Type : Thymus dolopicus
Scientific name
Thymus dolopicus
Formánek

Thymus dolopicus is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .

description

Thymus dolopicus is a dwarf shrub with woody, creeping stems , from which upright flower-bearing stems with a height of up to 10 cm extend and in whose axils there are tufts of deciduous leaves . These are 6 to 10 mm long and 1 to 1.5 mm wide. They are narrowly lanceolate-spatulate, short-stemmed, velvety hairy and ciliate in the lower half. The leaf edge is rolled back a little.

The inflorescences are head-shaped, ovate to spherical. The bracts are 1.5 to 4 mm wide, similar to the leaves or elongated egg-shaped and greenish in color. The calyx is 4.5 to 5.5 mm long, the upper teeth are about 1.5 mm long, lanceolate and ciliate. The crown and pink-purple colored, the corolla tube barely protrudes from the chalice.

Occurrence

The species is common in the mountains of northern and central Greece .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Thymus dolopicus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 18, 2019.