Thyme Alatavsky ( Latin: Thymus alatauensis ) - a species of shrubs from the genus Thyme of the family Iasnotkovye .
| Thyme Alatava |
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Thymus alatauensis Klok. |
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It is found in Western Siberia , described from the Kuznetsk Alatau . It grows on rocks, rocky slopes, sometimes in pine forests and on sand.
The stalk is thin (1-1.5 mm), from which creeping shoots depart and end in a sterile shoot. Flower-bearing branches rising, pubescent.
Leaves broadly ovate to ovate-triangular, petiolate . The lower leaves are oblong-ovate, short-leaved, 3-4 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; stem - 5-14 mm long, 2.5-8 mm wide, petiolate.
Inflorescence capitate, often branched, peduncles 1.5-4 mm long. Calyx narrowly bell - shaped, 4β4.5 mm long, short-haired from below, glabrous from above. Corolla is lilac, soft, 6-7 mm long.
Fruits - nuts , short ellipsoidal, black-brown, 0.8 mm long.