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Lamiaceae

Citrus thyme

Thymus × citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb.

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Thymus

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Citrus thyme: Thymus citriodorus (leaves). Location: Maui, Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.