Common name
English: Mother of thyme
German: Frühblühender Thymian, Früher Feld-Thymian
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2728)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)
Order: Lamiales (201)
Family: Lamiaceae (100)(family description)
Genus: Thymus (5)
Epithet: praecox Opiz (2)
Synonyms: Thymus caespitosus Opiz ex Ronniger, Thymus humifusus Bernh. ex Rchb., Thymus serpyllum (Opiz) Bolzon, Thymus zygiformis Haw.
praecox => early-ripening
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet