Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Thymus albicans Hoffmanns. & Link |
Synonyms | Thymus virescens (Coss.) Pau |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Description | glabrous, pale green, leaves minute, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, attenuate to short petiole, floral whorls in dense heads 4-5mm broad, calyx lobes shortly ciliate, green |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | rose, whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Portugal , Spain) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
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