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Thymus serpyllum

About
Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland thyme, Breckland wild thyme, wild thyme, creeping thyme, or elfin thyme, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to most of Europe and North Africa. It is a low, usually prostrate subshrub growing to 2 cm (1 in) tall with creeping stems up to 10 cm (4 in) long. The oval evergreen leaves are 3–8 mm long. The strongly scented flowers are either lilac, pink-purple, magenta, or...
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Thymus serpyllum
- Slug
- thymus-serpyllum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Thymus
- Species
- serpyllum
- Wikidata QID
- Q147251
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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