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Lamiaceae - syn. Thymus angustifolius Pers.; wild thyme, Wilder Thymian, Quendel, Feldthymian, Sand-Thymian
Dwarf shrub, up to 15cm high; square twigs, those with flowers always pubescent around; leaves linear to narrow elliptic or obovate, 1-3mm broad; flowers small, pale pink or deeper red-violet, sometimes nearly white, whorl-like arranged at the top of the twigs.
„The sand-thyme occurs on sandy dry grasslands, in dry pine forests and on silicate rock corridors in the cool temperate to Central, Eastern and Northern Europe… is scattered used as an ornamental plant in rock gardens, natural gardens and sandy areas.“ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand-Thymian
Dried wild thyme aerial parts, germ. Quendelkraut, lat. Serpylli herba, is used like coomon thyme against catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, bronchitis and whooping cough.