Thymus quinquecostatus Čelak.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Thymus

Characteristics

Stems obliquely ascending to subhorizontally spreading; vegetative shoots ± fewer than fertile branches, sparsely retrorse pilose; fertile branches numerous, crowded, 3-15 cm, erect to ascending, densely retrorse pilose below inflorescences, base sparsely fine pilose, internodes to 15, usually shorter than leaves. Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, rarely ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.7-1.3(-2) cm × 1.5-3(-8) mm, ± leathery, glabrous, densely glandular, base attenuate, margin entire, revolute, ciliate on lower half or only at base, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescences capitate, sometimes oblong; floral leaves similar to stem leaves; bractlets usually deciduous. Pedicel to 4 mm. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 5-6 mm, base spreading pilose, apex glabrous; upper lip subequal to longer than lower lip, teeth lanceolate, to ca. 1/2 as long as lower lip, sometimes ciliate. Corolla 6.5-7 mm, tube shorter than calyx. Fl. Aug.
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A herb. The stems spread sideways. There are shoots without flowers and ones with flowers and there are more of the latter. The flowering branches are crowded and 3-15 cm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in gravelly areas and along riverbanks and seashore dunes from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level.
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Dry rocky slopes, less common in scrubby areas, 1700-3100 metres in Srinagar.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

It is the source of an essential oil used for flavouring.
Uses essential oil food medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Carminative (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Thymus quinquecostatus unspecified picture

Distribution

Thymus quinquecostatus world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Japan, Montenegro, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:461583-1
WFO ID wfo-0000324646
COL ID 56RC9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Thymus quinquecostatus

Lower taxons

Thymus quinquecostatus var. quinquecostatus Thymus quinquecostatus var. przewalskii