Thymus atticus, Celak.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 178

33. T. atticus Celak. , Flora (Regensb.) 65: 564 (1882).

Plant with woody, procumbent or arcuate shoots bearing axillary leaf-clusters. Flowering stems up to 15 cm, with axillary leafclusters at least at the base, pubescent all round. Leaves 12-20 x 1 mm, linear, subobtuse, subcoriaceous, glabrous, ciliate at the base with veins rather indistinct, parallel. Bracts broadly ovate, narrowed from middle, obtuse, the lowermost usually 9 x 3 mm, coriaceous, straw-coloured, with distinct veins and shortly appressed-pubescent beneath, ciliate. Inflorescence a dense head. Calyx 5-7 mm, puberulent, with prominent veins;upper teeth 1 -1-5 mm, lanceolate. Corolla whitish or pink. E. half of Balkan peninsula. Bu Gr Tu.