Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Thymus mastichina (L.) L. |
Synonyms | Satureja mastichina L. |
Thymus carpetanus Sennen | |
Thymus ciliatus Moench | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves green, 8-10mm, narrowly elliptic to broadly lanceolate, tomentose to subglabrous, bracts leaf-like, hemispherical floral heads 1-2cm broad, sepals long ciliate |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | whitish |
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 |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Portugal , Spain) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
mastichina donyanae R.Morales, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 41(1): 92 (1984)
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