Family |
Lamiaceae
Thymus leucotrichus
Halácsy
Thymus leucotrichus Halácsy
(Consp. Fl. Graec. 2: 561; 1902. — Not treated in Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie.)
• Life-form & habit: Perennial, densely tufted subshrub, stems woody at base, flowering shoots 5–15 cm, covered with spreading and appressed hairs giving a whitish appearance (leucotrichous indumentum).
• Leaves: Small, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3–6 × 1–2 mm, shortly petiolate, entire, margins revolute; both surfaces hairy, especially beneath.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal heads compact, 10–15 mm in diameter. Bracts ovate, ciliate. Calyx 4–5 mm, tubular, bilabiate, hairy, glandular-punctate. Corolla 6–8 mm, pink to purple, slightly exceeding calyx; tube short-exserted; stamens exserted.
• Fruit: Nutlets ovoid, smooth, brown, c. 0.7–1 mm.
• Phenology: Flowers May–July (Flora of Turkey, vol. 7).
• Habitat & elevation: Rocky slopes 1700, 2,000 m.
• Lebanese distribution: Fnaidek.
• Native range: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kriti, Lebanon–Syria, Turkey (POWO).