Thymus integer

Thymus integer is a strongly aromatic, sprawling, gnarled subshrub generally less than 10 cm high. It produces white to dark rosy purple flowers between March and June.[1]

Thymus integer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Thymus
Species:
T. integer
Binomial name
Thymus integer

Habitat

This plant is often found on dry, rocky, igneous hillsides at altitudes of 100–1700 meters.

Distribution

A Cyprus endemic, it is common in the Troödos Mountains and the Akamas area.

References

  1. Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993, ISBN 9963-7931-0-X
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