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Thymus serpyllum mother of thyme12/24/2023 ![]() ![]() arcticus (Durand) Jalas, GRIN Taxonomy for Plants ![]() britannicus (Ronniger) Kerguélen and Thymus praecox Opiz subsp. The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, First American Edition. Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Some of those areas contain greater chemotype diversity than others. For example, studies of chemotypes in Greenland, Iceland, Norway, England, Scotland, and Ireland show that chemotypes span those countries rather than being geographically localized. Plants which differ in this way are known as chemotypes and a geographical population will generally contain a mix of chemotypes. praecox is characterized by substantial differences in essential oil composition from plant to plant. This thyme has a strong scent similar to Oregano. This thyme species (and Thymus serpyllum) has escaped cultivation in North America, and is a weed or invasive species in some habitats in the United States. When maintained at a lower height it is used between paving stones in patios and walkways. Thymus praecox is cultivated as an ornamental plant, used as an evergreen groundcover in gardens and pots. Thymus praecox in July in Lonsoraefi, Iceland. It is known locally as blóðberg, meaning "bloodstone". Thymus praecox near Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. arcticus 'Pink Chintz' (recently reclassified as Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz' ) arcticus (sometimes classified as Thymus polytrichus subsp. Thymus praecox 'Doone Valley' (recently reclassified as a hybrid under the name Thymus 'Doone Valley' ).Thymus praecox subspecies and cultivars include: Thymus praecox is in the genus Thymus belonging to the Serpyllum section. It is native to central, southern, and western Europe. A common name is mother of thyme, but "creeping thyme" and "wild thyme" may be used where Thymus serpyllum, which also shares these names, is not found. Thymus vallicola (Heinr.Braun) Ronniger.penyalarensis (Pau) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. vallicola (Heinr.Braun) Debray ex Kerguélen Thymus kapelae (Borbás) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.Thymus euxinus (Heinr.Braun) Heinr.Braun ex Klokov & Des.-Shost.‘Pink Chintz’ has salmon-pink flowers and slightly woolly, dark olive green leaves. Specific epithet from Greek means creeping in reference to the trailing growth habit of this species. Genus name comes from the Greek word thymos (name used in ancient Greece for a species of Thymus or Satureja). Dense inflorescences (primarily terminal but sometimes axillary) of tiny, tubular, bell-shaped, two-lipped, deep pink to purple flowers appear in summer (June-September) on erect flowering stems rising 2-4” tall. Although leaves are aromatic (fragrance of mint), strength of scent varies according to season and habitat, and leaves are usually not considered to be of culinary quality. Numerous, thin, somewhat woody, prostrate stems clad with tiny, opposite, oval-rounded, pubescent, almost sessile, glossy blue-green leaves (to 1/4” long) form a flat foliage mat to 2-3” tall which will spread over time by rooting stems to 12-18” wide. Wild thyme is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. It is rarely used in cooking ( Thymus vulgaris is the culinary thyme most commonly used in cooking). ![]() Thymus serpyllum, commonly called wild thyme, creeping thyme or mother-of-thyme, is a hairy, prostrate, creeping, woody-based perennial which is primarily grown as an ornamental ground cover. ![]()
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