Thymus, (Miller) Bentham.

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 : 174

Sect. MASTiCHiNA (Miller) Bentham. Erect dwarf shrubs. Leaves distinctly petiolate, flat. Calyx almost actinomorphic; tube short; all teeth similar, more or less subulate, yellowish, patent in fruit. Corolla scarcely longer than calyx.