Thymus pannonicus
The steppe thyme, wild thyme or Pannonian steppe thyme (Thymus kosteleckyanus, " Thymus pannonicus " ) is a plant of the genus thyme (Thymus ) in the mint family.
Description
The steppe Thyme is a small shrub whose flower-bearing stems 10 to 20 (rarely to 30) cm long and grow upright to ascending and at the base are woody and often branched. Most of them are completely short hairy or rarely only on two sides. Crawling, non- flower-bearing stems are not formed. The leaves are usually 10-15 mm long and 3-5 mm wide. You are almost sessile, elliptic - lanceolate, acute, herbaceous and sparse glandular dots. The venation is indistinct.
The inflorescences are rarely branched. The bracts similar to the leaves. The cup is 2.5 to 3.5 (rarely to 4) mm long, bell-shaped and usually greenish to straw colored. The upper lip is longer than the cup tube. The upper teeth are about 1 cm long, triangular to lanceolate and ciliate. The crown is pale pink or red.
Occurrences and locations
The species is found in Central Central and East-Central Europe and Eastern Europe. In the north of the area of distribution extends up to the 57th degree of latitude in Central Russia.
In Austria, the kind in the provinces of Burgenland, Vienna and Lower Austria occurs only in the Pannonian area to dry grasslands of hill height level is rare. It is regarded as high risk.
System
Within the genus of wild thyme (Thymus ) is included in the type in the subsection of section Isolepides Serpyllum.