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Thymus carnosus
Portuguese thyme is a woody, upright subshrub from southern Portugal and Spain, grown for its fleshy grey-green leaves and small pink or white flowers. It needs sharp drainage and sun to stay compact.
Thymus carnosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to southern Portugal and Spain. It is a woody, upright perennial to 41 cm (16 in) tall, with clusters of fleshy, oval, light green to grey-green leaves, furry on their undersides. Its white, lilac, or pink flowers are borne on 41 cm (16 in) spikes and are protected by oval green bracts.
The plant is hardy from USDA Zones 7–11.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thymus carnosus 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.
