Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Thymus capitellatus Hoffmanns. & Link |
Bibliography | Fl. Portug. 1: 125 (1809) |
Native Range | sw. Portugal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves in axillary fascicles, petiolate, narrowly ovate, tomentose, margins revolute, inflorescence compound of spherical cymes 6-8mm wide, bracts broadly ovate |
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 |
Synonyms | Origanum capitellatum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Kuntze Thymus capitellatus ssp. anomalus F.M.Vázquez & al. Thymus capitellatus var. macrocephalus Rouy Thymus mastichina var. capitellatus (Hoffmanns. & Link) Malag. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (POR Portugal) |