Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Thymus maroccanus Ball |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 400-1700m |
Description | branchlets white hirsute, leaves 4-13mm, petiolate, lanceolate or elliptic, acute, flat, with distinct midrib, glandular, flowers in approximate whorls, corolla 8mm |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | whitish, purple |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Northern Africa (Morocco) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
maroccanus leptobotrys (Murb.) Dobignard, J. Bot. Soc. Bot. France 28: 41 (2004)
maroccanus lythroides (Murb.) Dobignard, ibid.
maroccanus rhombicus Villar, Trab. Mus. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 30: 14 (1935)
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