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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesThymus maroccanus Ball 
BibliographyJ. Bot. 13: 174 (1875)
Native RangeMorocco
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude500-1700m
Descriptionbranchlets white hirsute, leaves 4-13mm, petiolate, lanceolate or elliptic, acute, flat, with distinct midrib, glandular, flowers in approximate whorls, corolla 8mm
Size10-20cm
Colorwhitish, purple
Bloomspring, summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsOriganum maroccanum (Ball) Kuntze
Thymus maroccanus var. capitantianus Emb.
Thymus maroccanus var. pycnostachys Maire
Territory2 Africa
     20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco)
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