Thymus brachychilus

Mor kekik

Similar to T. leucotrichus but stems and leaves with ± patent coarse hairs; leaves narrower, 0.4-0.8 mm wide; oil dots mainly orange to red; inflorescence weakly differentiated from vegetative shoots; bracts almost leaf-like, 0.8-1.5 mm wide, narrowly rhombic, gradually narrowed into a short petiole; upper lip of calyx shorter than lower teeth. Fl. 6-8. Rocks and screes, 1800-3660 m.

Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element.