Determined according to the botanical key provided by Jalas in Tutin et al. (1972) and Matevski in Matevski (2021).
Lifeform: Perennial, chamaephyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native from the Balkan peninsula to Romania and Turkey according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands, pastures, rocky terrains, river gorges, shrublands, clearing and on the edges of forests, from the foot up to the subalpine belt.
Flowering period: summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.
Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – flowering stems with verticillasters. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – flowering stem with verticillasters. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – flowering stems with verticillasters. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – flowering stems with verticillasters. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – flowering stems with verticillasters. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – stems with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – stems with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – stems with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – stems with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus sibthorpii – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus sibthorpii – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – stem and abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – stem and abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – woody part of stem. Osogovo – Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo, ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo, ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habit. Osogovo, ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – flowering branches with inflorescence. Osogovo, ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – inflorescence. Osogovo, ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – plant base with vegetative branches. Osogovo, ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thymus sibthorpii – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Rod Thymus L. Matevski, V. in Matevski, V. The Flora of the RN Macedonia. Vol II, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje 353 – 388.
Thymus L. Jalas, J. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 172 – 182.
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