Thymus integer
Thymus integer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
Tribe: | Mentheae |
Genus: | Thymus |
Species: | T. integer |
Binomial name | |
Thymus integer Griseb. | |
Thymus integer is a strongly aromatic, sprawling, gnarled subshrub generally less than 10 cm high. It produces white to dark rosy purple flowers between March and June.[1]
Habitat
This plant is often found on dry, rocky, igneous hillsides at altitudes of 100-1700 meters.
Distribution
A Cyprus endemic, it is common in the Troödos Mountains and the Akamas area.
References
- ↑ Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993, ISBN 9963-7931-0-X
External links
- http://botany.cz/en/thymus-integer/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/21657471@N04/5518086456/
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-204897
- http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Thymus/integer
- http://kypros.org/Projects/Laona/cyprus_thyme.html
- http://www.stridvall.se/flowers/gallery/Lamiaceae_2/715_10
- http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100267294
- http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/101213/view
- http://fineartamerica.com/products/thyme-thymus-integer-bob-gibbons-poster.html
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