Thymus vulgaris L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Garden Thyme
• 🇫🇷 Thym commun, Thym

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Clade: Asterids
• Clade: Lamiids
• Order: Lamiales
• Family: Lamiaceae
• Subfamily: Nepetoideae
• Tribe: Mentheae
• Subtribe: Menthinae
• Genus: Thymus
• Species: Thymus vulgaris

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• T. vulgaris subsp. aestivus (Reut. ex Willk.) A.Bolòs & O.Bolòs, 1961, Q;
• T. vulgaris subsp. mansanetianus P.P.Ferrer, A.Navarro, E.Laguna & Mateo, 2013;
• T. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris L., 1753, P.

Hybridizes with T. pulegioides L., 1753 to produce T. × citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb., 1811, D.

Photographs

Sources

• Khela, S. (2014). Thymus vulgaris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203348A2764289.en

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 816). Biotope.