Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Thymus broussonetii Boiss. |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves elliptic to narrowly ovate, ca. 18mm long, glabrous, densely glandular-punctate, floral bracts ovate, 15mm long, red, flowers to 18mm long, in globular spike |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | purplish red, red |
Bloom | 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
broussonetii hannonis (Maire) R.Morales, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 51(2): 226 (1994)
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