Lamiaceae
Large thyme
Thymus pulegioides
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Thymus
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Common names
By language (27)
- Asturian
- Té (de) los moros
- Belarusian
- Чабор блышыны, Чабор украінскі
- Bulgarian
- Планинска мащерка
- Chinese
- 卵叶百里香, 宽叶百里香
- csb
- Zwëczajnô macerzónka
- Czech
- Mateřídouška vejčitá, Mateřídouška polejová
- Danish
- Bredbladet Timian
- dsb
- Wšedny płonjak
- Dutch
- Grote tijm
- English
- Large thyme, Lemon thyme, Broad-leaved thyme
- Estonian
- Paljalehine liivatee
- Finnish
- Nurmiajuruoho
- French
- Serpolet commun, Thym faux pouliot
- German
- Breitblättriger Thymian, Arzneithymian, Arznei-Thymian, Feld-Thymian, Gemeiner Thymian, Gewöhnlicher Thymian, Quendel-Thymian
- hsb
- Wšědna babyduška
- Hungarian
- Hegyi kakukkfű, Kisvirágú kakukkfű
- Latvian
- Lielais mārsils
- Lithuanian
- Keturbriaunis čiobrelis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bakketimian
- pdc
- Deitscher Tee
- Persian
- آویشن لیمویی
- Polish
- Macierzanka zwyczajna
- Slovak
- Dúška vajcovitá
- Slovenian
- Polajeva materina dušica
- Spanish
- Serpillo
- Swedish
- Stortimjan
- Welsh
- Teim gwyllt mawr
Synonyms
- Thymus chamaedrys var. pulegioides (L.) Nyman
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: 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.