Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Thymus villosus L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 592 (1753) |
Native Range | w. & sw. Portugal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely minutely hirsute, leaves crowded at internodes, linear, sessile, grey-green, at margins long white hirsute, flowers in spherical head, bracts green |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark pink |
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 |
Synonyms | Origanum villosum (L.) Kuntze Thymus cephalotos var. villosus (L.) Malag. Thymus lobatus Vogel Thymus villosus var. lobatus (Vogel) Nyman |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (POR Portugal, SPA Spain) |