Lamiaceae
Citrus thyme
Thymus × citriodorus
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Thymus
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Common names
By language (12)
- English
- Citrus thyme, Lemon thyme
- Estonian
- Sidrun-liivatee, Sidrunliivatee
- Finnish
- Sitruuna-ajuruoho
- French
- Thym citron
- German
- Zitronen-Thymian
- Greek
- Λεμονοθύμαρο
- Hebrew
- קורנית לימונית
- Hungarian
- Citromillatú kakukkfű
- Japanese
- レモンタイム
- Korean
- 레몬타임
- Polish
- Macierzanka cytrynowa
- Welsh
- Gruw Lemwn
Synonyms
- Thymus aureus É.Morren
- Thymus campestris var. citratus Gray
- Thymus carolipaui Mateo & M.B.Crespo
- Thymus citratus Dumort.
- Thymus citratus var. citriodorus (Pers.) Dumort.
- Thymus citriodorus unranked aureus Hend. & Andr.Hend.
- Thymus lanuginosus var. citriodorus Pers.
- Thymus serpyllum f. citriodorus (Pers.) Wimm. & Grab.
- Thymus serpyllum var. aureus (É.Morren) L.H.Bailey
- Thymus serpyllum var. citriodorus (Pers.) Becker
- Thymus serpyllum var. vulgaris Benth.
- Thymus vivariensis Coste & Revol
Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julien Lepage, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cecile Clement, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: xrona, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mks, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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). About our plant data.