Thyme plants of SE Europe

Resources for Systematic Research and Sustainable Use of Thyme (Thymus L.) plants

Thymus skopjensis

Diagnostic description: 

Planta longe reptans, humilis, ramis floriferis seriatim dispositis et surculis sterilibus longis. Rami floriferi 4-8 cm alti, tota longitudine breviter retroso-pilosi. Folia anguste linearia, obtusa, 5-11 mm longa, 0,5 mm lata, in margine revoluta, a basi ultra dimidium longe albo-ciliata, utrimque copiose glandulisi-punctata et scabra; folia floralia crassinervia, paulo latiora (1,2 - 1,75 mm), scabra, marginibus dense albo-ciliata, utrimque glanduloso punctata, et una cum ciliis longioribus solitariis. Inflorescentia capitata, raro subelongata. Calyx 4-4,5 mm longus, glanduloso-punctatus et glanduloso-pilosus, in ventre copiose pilosus, dentibus superioribus 1,2-1,5 mm longis, marginibus dense ciliatis, inferioribus 2 mm longis. Corolla parva, rubra, extus pilosa et glanduloso-punctata.

Distribution: 

SE Europe

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