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Thymus bracteatus

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Authors: Lange  

Botanical Description

Loosely mat-forming, with long prostrate woody stems and more or less erect flowering laterals to 12cm high. Leaves oblong, 8-12mm long, ciliate at the base otherwise glabrous. Floral bracts prominent, pale green, ciliate, exceeding floral whorls. Flowers white, 6-8mm long in head-like, or somewhat elongated spikes. Central and eastern Spain.