Lamiaceae

Mother of thyme

Thymus praecox Opiz

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Thymus

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Common names

By language (18)

Asturian: Orieganina
Basque: Itsas ezkai
Bulgarian: Ранна мащерка
Catalan: Farigola reptant
Chinese: 早花百里香
Czech: Mateřídouška časná
Danish: Tidlig Timian, Skotsk Timian
Dutch: Kruiptijm
English: Mother of thyme, Wild thyme
French: Serpolet couché
German: Frühblühender Thymian, Kriechender Thymian
Icelandic: Blóðberg
Irish: Lus mhic rí, Lus na mbrat, Tím chreige
Persian: آویشن خزنده
Polish: Macierzanka wczesna
Russian: Чабрец ранний
Slovenian: Rana materina dušica
Welsh: Teim gwyllt

Synonyms

Thymus serpyllum f. praecox (Opiz) Bolzon
Thymus serpyllum subsp. praecox (Opiz) Vollm.
Thymus serpyllum var. praecox (Opiz) Briq.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.