Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Wild Thyme, Thymus drucei, Tim creige
Photographs: Co. Cork

Wild Thyme
Thymus drucei (Thymus polytrichus)
Tim creige
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering: May-September. Dwarf shrub. Native.

Small pink-purple flowers in rounded heads on erect stems. The oval-rounded leaves are small and un-toothed. Spreading, rooting stems form dense, aromatic, evergreen mats. Height: 3-7cm.

Very frequent on Irish coasts, also inland in the west and south-west. Grows on dry acidic or calcareous ground among short grassland, heaths, limestone pavement, dunes and rocky areas

Wild Thyme, Thymus drucei, Tim creige

Wild Thyme, Thymus drucei, Tim creige
Wild Thyme, Thymus drucei (Thymus polytrichus), Tim creige

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