Thymus longiflorus
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Thymus longiflorus is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus longiflorus is a 10 to 30 cm high, heavily branched dwarf shrub with ascending to upright stems . The leaves are (rarely only 6 to) 8 to 12 (rarely up to 15) mm long and (rarely only 0.5 to) 0.8 to 1 mm wide. They are linear, have velvety, fine-felted hairs, have no or only sparse ciliate lashes at the base and have a sessile or short stalk. The leaf margin is rolled back.
The inflorescences are almost spherical and measure up to 25 mm in diameter. The bracts measure up to 13 × 8 mm, are broadly ovate to elliptical, pointed, with entire margins and mostly ciliate, leathery and purple. The calyx is 5 to 7 mm long, the calyx tube is cylindrical, the upper teeth are narrowly lanceolate. The crown is about 15 mm long and colored purple.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28.
Occurrence
The species is common in southeastern and southern 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 longiflorus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Thymus longiflorus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 18, 2019.