Alecrim da serra (Thymus micans)

This thyme was formerly included in the species Thymus caespititius, found in the Azores and in the west of the Iberian Peninsula. It has recently been reclassified as an endemic of Madeira. A scrambling shrub, it is much broader than tall, with woody stems and erect flowering branches. Leaves are narrowly spathulate and basically glabrous; flowers are numerous, with a bell-shaped calyx, and are pink or purple, sometimes whitish. Found in the mountainous regions of Madeira, nearly always above 1,300 m, at Paúl da Serra and around Pico Ruivo.