Thymus holosericeus
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Thymus holosericeus is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus holosericeus is a small, grass-forming shrub that grows up to 10 cm high and woody at the base. The flower-bearing stems are 3 to 6 cm high, their internodes are significantly shorter than the leaves and are velvety hairy. The leaves are 10 to 15 mm long and 1.5 to 2 mm wide. They are narrow, inverted-lanceolate, pointed to the front, finely toothed, velvety hairy and ciliate in the lower half.
The inflorescences are dense, elongated capitula . The bracts are about 9 mm long and 4 mm wide, ovate, pointed and bluish gray-green in color. The calyx is 4 to 5 mm long, tomentose-like hairy, the calyx tube is more or less cylindrical and the upper teeth are about 0.5 cm long, narrowly lanceolate and ciliate. The crown is 7 to 9 mm long and colored pink-purple.
Occurrence and locations
The species occurs on Kefalonia in western Greece .
literature
- Thomas Gaskell Tutin et al. (Ed.): Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X .