Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Thymus alfredae Post |
Bibliography | Pl. Post. 3: 15 (1892) |
Native Range | Lebanon |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 4-rowed, sericeous, linear-subulate, 7-10mm, obtuse, margins revolute, the upper leaves similar, heads terminal, lax, few flowered, ovate, calyx red-green |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, white |
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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |