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Thymus pallasianus (Thymus pallasianus)

Description

Thymus pallasianus is a small shrub whose stems are upturned or growing down and creeping, lignified and do not produce non-flower-bearing stems. The stems are up to 15 cm long, on them are in the armpits groups of leaves they are hairy all around short. The leaves are 9 to 20 mm long. They are linear to lanceolate, sessile, glabrous and usually scaly. The midrib is prominent.The inflorescences are head shaped. The bracts are similar to the leaves, the inner are occasionally ovate-lanceolate. The calyx is 3.5 to 4.5 mm long, the calyx tube is bell-shaped to almost cylindrical and hairy bristly. The upper teeth are about 1 cm long and usually not ciliate. The crown is pale pink.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Lamiales

            • Family: Lamiaceae

              • Genus: Thymus