Wild Thyme or Thymus polytrichus

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Date:10th of July 1948

Description:Wild Thyme is a dwarf shrub with straggling stems commonly found on Carboniferous Limestone.

Flowering between May and August, its stem can grow up to 7cm in length.

This example was found growing at Sugar Loaf, Wetton in Staffordshire, by Erice Edees.

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This plant is now cared for by staff at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.

Related themes:

Rivers, Streams & Brooks Lakes, Ponds & Reservoirs Canals Agriculture & Countryside

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