Thymus willkommii Ronniger

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Thymus

Catalan common name: Serpol tortosí. Timó negre..

Spanish common name: Serpol tortosino. Tomillo tortosino..

Province distribution: Castelló. Tarragona.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Eastern-Iberian)

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NTNear threatened

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Meso-xerophyll mountain fields. Small shady banks or slopes. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Open shrublands, grasslands, and rocky or steep limestone mountain habitats with limited sunlight

Characteristics: Small prostrate shrub (up to 30 cm). Stems woody at the base and rooting. Leaves flat, 2-3 mm wide, elliptic to lanceolate, glabrous, with weakly marked lateral veins. Inflorescence glomerular. Calyx with lower teeth linear and longer than the upper ones. Corolla pinkish or whitish (4-7 mm)