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Thymus baeticus
Thymus baeticus is a small subshrub in the mint family, native to southern and southeastern Spain, with erect, hairy stems and cream to white flowers in late spring. It grows best in dry, well-drained, stony or limestone-type soils in full sun.
Thymus baeticus is a species of plants in the Lamiaceae family.
It is found in thickets, on limestone, crystalline dolomites, dolomitic sands, stony soils and gypsum, sometimes also on sandstone, slate or shale; at an altitude of 30–1,300 m (98–4,265 ft) in southern Spain, where it is distributed along the coast of Cádiz and Grazalema.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thymus baeticus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
