Thymus zygioides
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Thymus zygioides is a plant type from the genus of thyme ( Thymus ) in the family of Labiatae .
description
Thymus zygioides is a small shrub whose flower-bearing stems are 2 to 6 (rarely up to 8) cm long and grow in rows of long, creeping, woody stems. Clusters of leaves stand apart in the axils of the creeping stems. The leaves are 5 to 10 (rarely up to 15) mm long and about 1 mm wide. They are spatulate, blunt, with entire margins and ciliate up to about the middle, but otherwise hairless. The veining is only vaguely visible.
The inflorescences are usually dense heads. The bracts are shorter and wider than the leaves, oval to elliptical in shape and often hairy on the upper side. The calyx is 3.5 to 4.5 mm long, the upper teeth are 0.3 to 0.7 cm long, about as long or longer than wide and ciliate. The crown is pink.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 56, 60, 60 + 2B or 90.
Occurrence and locations
The species occurs in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula , but extends to the south-east of Romania and includes the eastern Aegean Sea and Turkey.
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 zygioides at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Thymus - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on January 13, 2018.