Thymus quinquecostatus

Flower name
Thymus quinquecostatus
Scientific name
Thymus quinquecostatus
Aliasイワジョコウソウ, 岩麝香草, 伊吹麝香草
Place of originHokkaido-Kyushu Japan environment
Place of floweringHigh mountain, Low mountains, Sub-alpine
Flowering seasonJune, July, August

What is Thymus quinquecostatus

Thymus quinquecostatus (scientific name: Thymus quinquecostatus) is a creeping evergreen small shrub of the family Lamiaceae in the Japanese and Himalayas. It is Japan's only Thymus. The Japanese name spontaneously grows in Mt. Ibuki, and it depends on the scarlet on the leaves. In Hokkaido to Kyushu, it grows naturally in a sunny rocky ground of low to alpine mountains. The tree height is low enough to be considered a grass, and a floral scarlet floral bloom is made to cover the ground. There are about 350 varieties in the genus of thymus, in addition to this species, there are T. vulgaris and T. serpyllum. The difference between quinquecostatus and serpyllum is that it is quinquecostatus that puts one inflorescence on one flower stem, and serpyllum that puts more than one.

Common name: Thymus quinquecostatus or Ibuki muskou, Scientific name: Thymus quinquecostatus, synonym: Thymus serpyllum L. var. Ibukiensis, aka: Ibuki jakousou, Origin: Japan, Himalayas, habitat distribution: Hokkaido to- Kyushu in Japan, Environment: Lowland to Takayama sunny rocky gravel, life type: crawl evergreen small Shrubs, plant height: 5 to 15 cm, leaf shape: oval shape with a blunt tip, leaf margin: all edges, leaf order: viable, flower color: pink, flower shape: lip type, stamens number: 4, flowering period: from June August, fruit type: fruit shape, fruit shape: flattened, remarks: musky in leaves.