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Thymus camphoratus
Camphor Thyme is a low, aromatic subshrub from coastal southwest Portugal, grown for its fragrant grey-green foliage and pink flowers. It needs full sun, sharp drainage and little water.
Thymus camphoratus (locally known as Tomilho do Mar) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is endemic to southwest Portugal.
Thymus camphoratus is native to southwest Portugal, particularly in the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park. It inhabits heathlands and xerophilic scrub on stabilized dunes of limestone-based sands, always close to the coast.
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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.
