Biology:Thymus caespititius
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Short description: Species of shrub
| Thymus caespititius | |
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| Thymus caespititius on Mount Pico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Thymus |
| Species: | T. caespititius
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| Binomial name | |
| Thymus caespititius Brot.
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Thymus caespititius is dwarf, aromatic mat-forming groundcover shrub. It is native to oceanic areas in the Iberian Peninsula (northwest Portugal and northwest Spain ) and the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
The plant has narrow, spatula-shaped, smooth leaves to 6 mm (0.24 in) long, fringed with tiny hairs. The rose, lilac or white flowers are borne in small, flattened mat-hugging heads from late spring to summer.
Cultivation
Thymus caespititius, grown as an ornamental plant, and is hardy down to USDA Zone 7.[1][2] The cultivar Thymus caespititius 'Aureus' has narrow, light gold leaves.[3]
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References
- ↑ "Thymus". pss.uvm.edu. http://pss.uvm.edu/pss123/herthyme.html.
- ↑ "Thymus caespititius". temperate.theferns.info. http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Thymus+caespititius.
- ↑ Griffiths, Mark. Index of Garden Plants. (Portland: Timber Press, Inc., 1994; ISBN:0-88192-246-3.)
Wikidata ☰ Q149646 entry
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