Southeastern Iberian gypsum scrubs

Low, open thyme, germander and rockrose garrigues colonizing poorly developed gypsiferous soils of the arid southeast of the Iberian peninsula (Alicante and Murcia). Characteristic elements are [Teucrium libanitis] ([Teucrium verticillatum]), [Teucrium polium], [Teucrium pumilum], [Teucrium carthaginense], [Thymus longiflorus], [Thymus antoninae], [Helianthemum lavandulifolium] ([Helianthemum racemosum]), [Helianthemum squamatum], [Gypsophila hispanica], [Gypsophila struthium], [Astragalus alopecuroides]. Grasses ([Lygeum], [Stipa], [Brachypodium]), wormwood ([Artemisia]) and Chenopodiaceae may be locally prominent.