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Thymus lotocephalus - Wild Thyme - flower buds of a rare plant g

Thymus lotocephalus - Wild Thyme - flower buds of a rare plant growing only in Algarve, Portugal

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The plant displays numerous pink-purple two-lipped flowers, 3-4mm long in dense ovoid heads on creeping stems. Two sides of the stems are hairy, two sides are almost without hairs. The leaves are hairy, oval and untoothed.
Habitat: Wild Thyme is a low-growing, spreading, mat-forming perennial that has a strong scent when crushed. It grows on dry grassland, in coastal dunes, rock ledges in mountain ranges and on heaths.
Flowering Season: June-September.
Distribution: Almost nearly along the Coasts of Ireland. Further restricted to W and NW Europe.
Widely used by cooks and herbalists. The Oil in Thyme leaves contains thymol, which is used as an antiseptic and also a preservative.

This Picture is made during a Vacation to Ireland in July 2022 and photographed in the Burren Region.

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Jon Knight said:

Always perfect shots.

2014-09-01 06:15

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