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Thymus leptophyllus izcoi (Thymus leptophyllus izcoi)

Description

Thymus leptophyllus is a plant of the genus Thymus ( Thymus ) in the mint family. It is a small shrub similar to Thymus bracteatus but smaller overall. is formed with long, slender, up-curved to low-lying non-flower-bearing stems, of which about 1.5 to 4 cm long, upright to ascending, flower-bearing and hairy stems as well as axillary tufts out of leaves leaves . These are 5 to 8 mm long and 1 to 1.5 mm wide. They are herbaceous, pale green, glabrous, ciliolate at the base and mostly petiolate. The species occurs in the middle and in the east of Spain.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Lamiales

            • Family: Lamiaceae

              • Genus: Thymus