Appearance
The plant has rising stems and narrow, fleshy, oil-gland-dotted green leaves that reach a length of 12 mm .The pink, 10 mm -long flowers are held in cone-shaped clusters at the ends of their stems in mid to late summer; they are protected by overlapping, 6 mm -long, red-tinged bracts, edged in tiny hairs.
In Eurasia, a species of leafless parasitic dodder would often attach itself to the conehead thyme , 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.
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