Thymus antoninae, Rouy & Coincy

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 : 175

11. T. antoninae Rouy & Coincy , Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 37: 165 (1890)

( T. portae Freyn ).

10-15 cm, with ascending to erect woody branches. Leaves 5-8 x 0-5 mm, linear, tomentose, sparsely cibate at base; margin revolute. Inflorescence not differentiated, the verticillasters with 2 flowers only. Bracts similar to the leaves. Calyx 5-7 mm, the tube cylindrical; upper teeth narrowly lanceolate. Corolla 8-12 mm, purple; tube cylindrical. • S.E. Spain (jprov. Albacete). Hs.

Sometimes considered to be a hybrid between 9 and 21 but the morphological evidence does not seem to support this view.