Description
The plant has rising stems and narrow, fleshy, oil-gland-dotted green leaves that reach a length of . The pink, -long flowers are held in cone-shaped clusters at the ends of their stems in mid to late summer; they are protected by overlapping, -long, red-tinged bracts, edged in tiny hairs. In Eurasia, a species of leafless parasitic dodder ('' Cuscuta epithymum'') would often attach itself to the conehead thyme (''Thymus capitatus''), taking on the plant's pungency and from whence it also derived its host's Arabic name, ''al-ṣaʿitrah''. -- () ''Thymus capitatus'' is hardy from USDA Zones 7–10. In Israel, the plant ''Thymus capitatus'' has protected status, making it a criminal offence to harvest it.Avi Shmida, ''MAPA's Dictionary of Plants and Flowers in Israel'', Tel Aviv 2005, p. 355 (s.v. Coridothymus capitatus) (Hebrew)See also
*'' Satureja thymbra''References
capitatus Flora of Italy Flora of Spain Flora of Turkey Herbs Flora of Israel Flora of Palestine (region) Flora of the Mediterranean Basin {{Lamiaceae-stub