Thymus vulgaris, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 176

19. T. vulgaris L. , Sp. Pl. 591 (1753)

(inch T. aestivus Reuter ex Willk. , T. ilerdensis F. Gonzalez ex Costa, T. valentinus Rouy , T. webbianus Rouy ).

1 O-3O(-5O) cm, with erect to semipatent woody branches. Leaves 3-8 x 0-5-2- 5 mm, linear to elliptical, scarcely exceeding the axillary leaf-clusters, petiolate, tomentose; margins revolute, not cibate. Inflorescence capitubform or interrupted, many-flowered. Bracts similar to the leaves but somewhat wider and sometimes with almost flat margins, greyish-green. Calyx 3-4 mm, shortly hairy, the tube campanulate; upper teeth as long as wide, not cibate. Corolla whitish to pale purple. 2« = 30. • W. Mediterranean region, extending to S. E. Italy.?Co Ga Hs It [BI He].

Very variable in shape of leaves, bracts and inflorescence. Widely cultivated as a pot-herb.