Large Thyme (Thymus pulegioides) 照片檔

"Low to medium, tufted sub shrub, with short creeping branches and ascending flower branches; stems square, hairy only on the angles. leaves oval to lanceolate, untoothed, without marginal veins, short stalked, hairy on the margin at the base. Flowers rose-purple, 6mm, in an oblong head, interrupted below. Habitat: Dry grassy places, short turf, banks and hill slopes, usually on calcareous soils, to 2000m.Flowering Season: June-September.Distribution: Europe, north to S. Scandinavia; naturalized in a few places in the Faeroes, Iceland and Finland.This Species is regularly seen in Gardens as a cultivar for the use as edible Herb and Herbal Medicine.This is a large Flower Form with white and pink Colors and is photographed in a Formal Garden.Related image:"