Thymus praecox Opiz

Mother of thyme (en), Serpolet couché (fr), Serpolet couchet (fr), Thym précoce (fr), Serpolet précoce (fr), Thym couché (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Thymus

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Stony and rocky mountain slopes, 1000-3600 metres in Turkey.
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It is a cold temperate plant.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The flowering aerial parts are used for making a herbal tea. The leaves are used as a flavouring.
Uses essential oil medicinal tea
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Antitussive agents (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Thymus praecox habit picture by Erik Ketting (cc-by-sa)
Thymus praecox habit picture by Pierre LEON (cc-by-sa)
Thymus praecox habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Thymus praecox leaf picture by Wilfried Van Meerveld (cc-by-sa)
Thymus praecox leaf picture by Virginie Simon (cc-by-sa)
Thymus praecox leaf picture by Mohamed-Lamine Lozano (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Thymus praecox flower picture by Wolf Helmut (cc-by-sa)
Thymus praecox flower picture by Prieta Javier (cc-by-sa)
Thymus praecox flower picture by stefaan hoste (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Thymus praecox world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:461536-1
WFO ID wfo-0000324555
COL ID 7BXDH
BDTFX ID 75413
INPN ID 126564
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Thymus serpyllum f. cinerosus Thymus serpyllum f. leptoneurus Thymus serpyllum f. petraeus Thymus serpyllum f. diversipellis Thymus serpyllum f. huljakii Thymus serpyllum f. fallax Thymus serpyllum f. alpicolus Thymus badensis Thymus braunii Thymus mannianus Thymus ciliatus Thymus serpyllum f. spathulatus Thymus serpyllum f. petiolatus Thymus serpyllum f. badensis Thymus serpyllum f. braunii Thymus serpyllum subsp. clivorum Thymus serpyllum subsp. hesperites Thymus serpyllum subsp. praecox Thymus serpyllum var. lanuginosus Thymus serpyllum var. humifusus Thymus serpyllum var. praecox Thymus praecox var. spathulatus Thymus praecox var. ciliatus Thymus praecox var. caespitosus Thymus serpyllum var. rupestris Thymus serpyllum var. zobelii Thymus serpyllum var. induratus Thymus serpyllum var. kollmannii Thymus serpyllum var. glareosus Thymus serpyllum var. caespitosus Thymus serpyllum f. borosianus Thymus praecox

Lower taxons

Thymus praecox subsp. britannicus Thymus praecox subsp. caucasicus Thymus praecox subsp. grossheimii Thymus praecox subsp. jankae Thymus praecox subsp. polytrichus Thymus praecox subsp. praecox Thymus praecox subsp. widderi Thymus praecox subsp. zygiformis Thymus praecox subsp. parvulus