Thymbra L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 170

30. Thymbra L. 1

Small shrubs. Floral leaves imbricate; inflorescence dense, narrow, spike-like. Bracteoles linear to lanceolate. Calyx dorsally flattened, 2-lipped, 13-veined; upper lip 3-toothed; lower lip 2-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, the tube straight; upper lip porrect, emarginate; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens included; anther-cells parallel.

Literature: K. H. Rechinger fit, Kulturpfl., Beih. 3: 64-69 (1962). Leaves glabrous or ciliate; calyx 5-8-5 mm, the throat hirsute inside; corolla 12-15 mm 1. spicata Leaves tomentose; calyx c. 3 mm, the throat glabrous inside;

corolla 5-5-6 mm 2. calostachya