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Scientific name Thymus serpyllum
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 590 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Origanum serpyllum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 528 (1891)
Serpyllum vulgare Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 17: 133 (1869)
Thymus acicularis Besser Enum. Pl. 24. 1821 (1821)
Thymus angustifolius Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 130 (1806)
Thymus angustifolius var. rigidus Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 2(1): 166 1829
Thymus azoricus G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 16: t. 1530 (1830)
Thymus calcicola Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 528 (1866)
Thymus campestris Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 85 (1796)
Thymus citratus Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 48 (1827)
Thymus dalmaticus var. carstiensis Velen. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 19(2): 282. 1906
Thymus ellipticus Braun Oesterr. Bot. Z. 38: 187 (1888)
Thymus glabrescens Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 345 (1834)
Thymus incanus Willd. ex Benth. Linnaea 11: 342 (1837)
Thymus inodorus Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa : 122 (1825)
Thymus lucidus Willd. Enum. Pl. : 624 (1809)
Thymus micranthus Wierzb. ex Opiz Nomencl. Bot. : 77 (1831)
Thymus oblongifolius Heinr.Braun Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 297 (1891)
Thymus repens Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 74 (1782)
Thymus rigidus Rchb. ex Besser Flora 15(2 Beibl.): 18 (1832)
Thymus rotundifolius Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 1: 108 (1850)
Thymus angustifolius var. empetroides Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 2(1): 165 1829
Thymus angustifolius var. ericoides Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 2(1): 165 1829
Thymus angustifolius var. linearifolius Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 2(1): 166 1829
Thymus serpyllum var. pycnotrichus R.Uechtr. Fl. Schles. 331. 1904
Thymus angustifolius var. silvicola Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 2(2): 166. 1829
Thymus spathulatus var. castriferrei Borbás Vasmegye Fl. 214. 1887
Thymus villosus Pall. ex M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 59 (1808)
Thymus chamaedrys var. rotundifolius Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 593. 1881
Thymus serpyllum var. angustifolius Wallr. Sched. Crit. 299. 1822
Thymus angustifolius var. inolens Dumort. Fl. Belg. 48. 1827
Thymus serpyllum var. inodorus Tinant Fl. Luxemb. 310. 1836
Thymus serpyllum var. reflexus (Lej.) Tinant Fl. Luxemb. 310. 1836
Thymus serpyllum var. danaenii Briq. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 34: 449. 1895
Thymus serpyllum var. silvicola (Wimm. & Grab.) Briq. Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. Genève 7: 234 1894
Thymus serpyllum var. vallesiacus Briq. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 34: 452. 1895
Thymus serpyllum subsp. rigidus (Wimm. & Grab.) Lyka Bot. Közlem. 20: 147. 1924 (1924)
Thymus serpyllum f. rigidiformis Lyka Bot. Közlem. 20: 147 1924
Thymus serpyllum f. floribundus Lyka Bot. Közlem. 20: 147 1924
Thymus serpyllum f. arrectifolius Lyka Bot. Közlem. 20: 148 1924
Thymus serpyllum f. tardus Lyka Bot. Közlem. 20: 148 1924
Thymus serpyllum f. ellipticus (Opiz) Lyka Magyar Fl. 891 1925
Thymus serpyllum f. hackelianus (Opiz) Lyka Magyar Fl. 891 1925
Thymus serpyllum f. trichophorus Lyka Magyar Fl. 891 1925
Thymus ovatus var. subcitratus (Schreb.) Formánek Oesterr. Bot. Z. 38: 189. 1888
Thymus ovatus var. concolor (Opiz) Formánek Oesterr. Bot. Z. 38: 190. 1888
Thymus serpyllum f. bergtianus Lyka Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 2319 1927
Thymus serpyllum f. tristis Lyka Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 2316 1927
Thymus serpyllum var. exserens (Ehrh. ex Link) Becker Fl. Frankfurt 1: 237. 1827
Thymus serpyllum var. hirsutissimus Becker Fl. Frankfurt 1: 237. 1827
Thymus angustifolius var. intermedius Becker Fl. Frankfurt 1: 237. 1827
Thymus serpyllum subsp. subcitratus (Schreb.) Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar. 549. 1895 (1895)
Thymus serpyllum var. empetroides (Wimm. & Grab.) Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar. 552 1895
Thymus serpyllum var. ericoides (Wimm. & Grab.) Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 996 1893
Thymus serpyllum var. linearifolius (Wimm. & Grab.) Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar. 554 1895
Thymus serpyllum var. majus Schreb. Fl. Erlang. 2: 17. 1811

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Language Common/alternative name
English wild thyme
English breckland thyme
English creeping thyme
English mary's bed straw
Spanish serpol
Spanish tomillo salsero
Spanish tomillo sanjuanero
Amharic ጦስኝ
ang wuducunelle
Arabic زعتر بري
Arabic الزعتر البري
Arabic نمام
Arabic صعتر
Azerbaijani sürünən kəklikotu
azb سورونن ککلیک اوْتو
ba Кейәү үләне
Belarusian чабор
Belarusian калатовічкі
Belarusian мацярдушка
Belarusian цымбор
Belarusian цымборак
Belarusian цэбрык
Belarusian чанбер
Belarusian чобрык
Belarusian чомбар
Belarusian чомбір
Belarusian чэмбрык
Belarusian чабор звычайны
Bulgarian дива мащерка
br munudig
br tin-lann
Bosnian majčina dušica
Catalan serpol
Catalan timó
Catalan farigola de muntanya
Catalan farigola mascle
Catalan frigoleta
Catalan salsa de pastor
Catalan serpoll
Catalan timó negre
Czech mateřídouška úzkolistá
Welsh teim breckland
Danish smalbladet timian
German feldkümmel
German feldquendel
German gundelkraut
German sand-thymian
German sandthymian
German wilder thymian
Estonian jaanitee
Estonian kaetisrohi
Estonian mehitsehein
Estonian nõmm-liivatee
Estonian nõmmeliivatee
Estonian rabanduserohi
Basque serpol
Persian سوسنبر
Finnish kangasajuruoho
Finnish harjuajuruoho
French serpolet
French serpolet à feuilles étroites
French thym serpolet
Irish tím chreige
Hebrew קורנית הבר
Croatian majčina dušica
Upper Sorbian kulowske zelo
Upper Sorbian pěskowa babyduška
Upper Sorbian płónc
Upper Sorbian pólna babyduška
Hungarian keskenylevelű kakukkfű
Hungarian mezei kakukkfű
Hungarian vadkakukkfű
Armenian Ուրց սողացող
io serpolo
Icelandic brúðberg
Italian serpillo
Italian pepolino
Italian pipernia
Italian timo selvatico
Italian timo serpillo
Georgian მხოხავი ბეგქონდარა
Kazakh Тасшөп
Cornish tim
Lithuanian paprastasis čiobrelis
Latvian mazais mārsils
Macedonian мајчина душичка
Macedonian мајчина душица
myv Ацавиця цяпортикше
Dutch kleine tijm
Dutch wilde tijm
oc serpol
oc farigoleta
oc ferigoleta
oc menudet
oc serpolet
oc serpoulet
os Тынгæрдæг
Polish macierzanka piaskowa
Romanian cimbrişor
Romanian cimbrișor
Russian Богородская трава
Russian Богородицына травка
Russian Тимьян ползучий
Russian Чабрец обыкновенный
Russian лимонный душок
Russian тимьян густоволосистый
Russian чабер
Russian чабрец густоволосистый
Russian чабрец ползучий
Russian чебрик
Yakutian Бэдэр түүтэ от
se deanutimjan
Serbo-Croatian majčina dušica
Slovak dúška materina
Slovak dúška úzkolistá
Slovak materina dúška úzkolistá
smn tiänutimjám
Serbian majkina dušica
Serbian Мајкина душица
Swedish backtimjan
udm Чучытурын
Ukrainian Чебрець звичайний
Ukrainian Чебрець повзучий
vec timo
Walloon såvaedje pilé
Chinese 亚洲百里香
Chinese 匍匐百里香
Chinese 野百里香
Chinese 鋪地百里香
Chinese 鋪地香
Chinese 欧百里香

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Thymus serpyllum subsp. serpyllum Unknown
Thymus serpyllum subsp. tanaensis (Hyl.) Jalas Acta Bot. Fenn. 39: 20 (1947)

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000324739
UNII 86H4S6K51N
UConn 503
Tropicos 17600437
INPN 126573
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30066276-2
The Plant List kew-205442
Missouri Botanical Garden 281448
Open Tree Of Life 1058608
Observations.org 9357
NCBI Taxonomy 204219
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000004209
IPNI 461649-1
iNaturalist 322051
iNaturalist 495692
GBIF 6409622
Freebase /m/057xpf
EPPO THYSE
EOL 1278298
Elurikkus 7933
US Library of Congress sh85146689
USDA GRIN 36628
Wikipedia Thymus_serpyllum
Plantarium 38454

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Effect of Light Conditions, Trichoderma Fungi and Food Polymers on Growth and Profile of Biologically Active Compounds in Thymus vulgaris and Thymus serpyllum Kulbat-Warycha K, Nawrocka J, Kozłowska L, Żyżelewicz D Int J Mol Sci 29-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11084565
doi:10.3390/ijms25094846
PMID:38732065
Conservation of the Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants in the Mining and Tourism Area: Khibiny Mountains, Murmansk Region, Russia Borovichev EA, Kozhin MN, Koroleva NE, Petrova OV, Akhmerova DR, Shulina MV Plants (Basel) 23-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11085426
doi:10.3390/plants13091180
PMID:38732395
Design of three-component essential oil extract mixture from Cymbopogon flexuosus, Carum carvi, and Acorus calamus with enhanced antioxidant activity Assaggaf H, Jeddi M, Mrabti HN, Ez-zoubi A, Qasem A, Attar A, Goh BH, Tan SL, Bouyahya A, Goh KW, Hachlafi NE Sci Rep 22-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11035653
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-59708-x
PMID:38649707
In vivo assessment of the antiparasitic effects of Allium sativum L. and Artemisia absinthium L. against gastrointestinal parasites in swine from low-input farms Băieş MH, Cotuţiu VD, Spînu M, Mathe A, Cozma-Petruț A, Bolboacǎ SD, Engberg RM, Collin A, Cozma V BMC Vet Res 01-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC10983701
doi:10.1186/s12917-024-03983-3
PMID:38561770
Green Extraction Approach for Isolation of Bioactive Compounds in Wild Thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.) Herbal Dust—Chemical Profile, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity and Comparison with Conventional Techniques Mrkonjić Ž, Kaplan M, Milošević S, Božović D, Sknepnek A, Miletić D, Lazarević Mrkonjić I, Rakić D, Zeković Z, Pavlić B Plants (Basel) 20-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10975124
doi:10.3390/plants13060897
PMID:38592878
Combinations of Lemongrass and Star Anise Essential Oils and Their Main Constituent: Synergistic Housefly Repellency and Safety against Non-Target Organisms Soonwera M, Sinthusiri J, Passara H, Moungthipmalai T, Puwanard C, Sittichok S, Murata K Insects 20-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10971264
doi:10.3390/insects15030210
PMID:38535405
Effects of Dill (Anethum graveolens) Essential Oil and Lipid Extracts as Novel Antioxidants and Antimicrobial Agents on the Quality of Beef Burger Mujović M, Šojić B, Peulić T, Kocić-Tanackov S, Ikonić P, Božović D, Teslić N, Županjac M, Novaković S, Jokanović M, Škaljac S, Pavlić B Foods 15-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10969687
doi:10.3390/foods13060896
PMID:38540886
Biofilm containing the Thymus serpyllum essential oil for rice and cherry tomato conservation Roselló J, Llorens-Molina JA, Larran S, Sempere-Ferre F, Santamarina MP Front Plant Sci 08-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10957683
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1362569
PMID:38525143
Commodity risk assessment of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10918603
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8648
PMID:38455154
Natural Extracts and Their Applications in Polymer-Based Active Packaging: A Review Li J, Sun H, Weng Y Polymers (Basel) 25-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10933866
doi:10.3390/polym16050625
PMID:38475309
Modeling and Optimization of Herb-Fortified Fresh Kombucha Cheese: An Artificial Neural Network Approach for Enhancing Quality Characteristics Lončar B, Pezo L, Iličić M, Kanurić K, Vukić D, Degenek J, Vukić V Foods 10-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10887540
doi:10.3390/foods13040548
PMID:38397525
Nano-enabled antimicrobial thin films: design and mechanism of action Finina BF, Mersha AK RSC Adv 09-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10866018
doi:10.1039/d3ra07884a
PMID:38357038
Use of Essential Oils to Counteract the Phenomena of Antimicrobial Resistance in Livestock Species Lupia C, Castagna F, Bava R, Naturale MD, Zicarelli L, Marrelli M, Statti G, Tilocca B, Roncada P, Britti D, Palma E Antibiotics (Basel) 07-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10885947
doi:10.3390/antibiotics13020163
PMID:38391549
Antifungal and genotoxic effects of Thymus serpyllum as a root canal irrigant Kameri A, Dragidella A, Haziri A, Hashani Z, Kurteshi K, Kurti A Clin Exp Dent Res 06-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10847709
doi:10.1002/cre2.837
PMID:38345516
Communities of Digger Wasps (Hymenoptera: Spheciformes) along a Tree Cover Gradient in the Cultural Landscape of River Valleys in Poland Olszewski P, Sparks T, Twerd L, Wiśniowski B Insects 29-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10889137
doi:10.3390/insects15020088
PMID:38392508

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