Thymus serpyllum
Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland thyme,wild thyme or creeping thyme, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to most of Europe and North Africa. It is a low, usually prostrate subshrub growing to 2 cm (1 in) tall with creeping stems up to 10 cm (4 in) long. The oval evergreen leaves are 3–8 mm long. The strongly scented flowers are either lilac, pink-purple, magenta, or a rare white, all 4–6 mm long and produced in clusters. The hardy plant tolerates some pedestrian traffic and produces odors ranging from heavily herbal to lightly lemon, depending on the variety.
Description
Wild thyme is a creeping dwarf evergreen shrub with woody stems and a taproot. It forms matlike plants that root from the nodes of the squarish, limp stems. The leaves are in opposite pairs, nearly stalkless, with linear elliptic round-tipped blades and untoothed margins. The plant sends up erect flowering shoots in summer. The usually pink or mauve flowers have a tube-like calyx and an irregular straight-tubed, hairy corolla. The upper petal is notched and the lower one is larger than the two lateral petals and has three flattened lobes which form a lip. Each flower has four projecting stamens and two fused carpels. The fruit is a dry, four-chambered schizocarp.
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by Skylark
Brother Eddie
by: Skylark[Brother Eddie — R. King, J. Farni, H. Vickers]
A gospel mission on Walter Street
Where beat-up souls do congregate
To suffer through the sermons of hellfire
Join their voices in a choir
Brother Eddie in the back row
Shuffles on up to the piano
Anybody can come in
Out of the cold and howling storm
Rub their shoulders with their brother
Get the word — or just get warm
Get the word — or just get warm
Get the word — or just get warm
A junkie priest comes stumbling in
Supporting his habit — black as sin
Russian sailors in they come
Nine winos and a common man
Oh Brother Eddie won't you hit
Those pearly things — just a little bit
Anybody can come in
Out of the cold and howling storm
Find a seat close to the piano
Get the word — or just get warm
Get the word — or just get warm
Get the word — or just get warm
Brother Eddie won't you play
[Instrumental]
Some say he was a priest who got defrocked because he loved godless things, but
Some say he was a boogie-woogie ace who just got weary of the race
But all agree
He's got the gift
Of leading you
From while you drift
Anybody can come in
Out of the cold and howling storm
Rub their shoulders with their brother
Get the word — or just get warm
Get the word — or just get warm
Get the word — or just get warm
Get the word — or just get warm
You can get the word — or just get warm