''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.
[Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993, ]
Habitat
This plant is often found on dry, rocky, igneous hillsides at altitudes of 100–1700 meters.
Distribution
A
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
, it is common in the
Troödos Mountains
Troodos (sometimes spelled Troödos; el, Τρόοδος ; tr, Trodos Dağları) is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympus ( el, Όλυμπος), also known as Chion ...
and the
Akamas
Akamas (Greek: , tr, Akama), is a promontory and cape at the northwest extremity of Cyprus with an area of 230 square kilometres. Ptolemy described it as a thickly wooded headland, divided into two by summits mountain rangerising towards the ...
area.
References
External links
* http://botany.cz/en/thymus-integer/
* http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Thymus/integer
* http://kypros.org/Projects/Laona/cyprus_thyme.html
* http://www.stridvall.se/flowers/gallery/Lamiaceae_2/715_10
* http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/101213/view
integer
An integer is the number zero (), a positive natural number (, , , etc.) or a negative integer with a minus sign ( −1, −2, −3, etc.). The negative numbers are the additive inverses of the corresponding positive numbers. In the languag ...
Endemic flora of Cyprus
Herbs
Plants described in 1844
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