Thymus baeticus

Thymus baeticus is a species of plants in the Lamiaceae family.

Thymus baeticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Thymus
Species:	T. baeticus
Binomial name
Thymus baeticus Boiss. ex Lacaita
Synonyms[1]
Thymus zygis var. baeticus (Boiss. ex Lacaita) Thymus baeticus var. capitatus (Boiss.) Thymus erianthus (Boiss.) Pau ex Ceballos & Vicioso Thymus hirtus var. capitatus Boiss. Thymus hirtus var. erianthus Boiss. Thymus hirtus var. intermedius Boiss. Thymus zygis var. capitatus (Boiss.)

Description

Thymus baeticus has suffrutice stems that are 15–50 cm (5.9–19.7 in) in height, usually erect and pubescent.^{[citation needed]} It has leaves that are 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long and 0.6–2 mm (0.024–0.079 in) wide that are linear or linear-lanceolate, revolute, ciliate at base, and densely hairy with short retrorse hairs.^{[citation needed]} Its inflorescences are dense and capituliform.^{[citation needed]} It has elliptic, ciliate bracts that are 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and 1.3–2.5 mm (0.051–0.098 in) wide.^{[citation needed]} The calyx are 3–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in), densely hairy, with short tube and ciliate upper teeth.^{[citation needed]} The corolla are cream or white.^{[citation needed]}

It has a chromosome number of 2n = 58, 60.^{[citation needed]}

It flowers from May to June.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in thickets, on limestone, crystalline dolomites, dolomitic sands, stony soils and gypsum, sometimes also on sandstone, slate or shale; at an altitude of 30–1,300 m (98–4,265 ft) in southern Spain, where it is distributed along the coast of Cádiz and Grazalema.^[2]

Taxonomy

Thymus baeticus was described by Boiss. ex Lacaita and published in Cavanillesia 3: 42 (1930).^[3]

Etymology

The geographical epithet baeticus alludes to its location in Baetica.^{[citation needed]}