Common name
English: Mother of thyme
German: Frühblühender Thymian, Früher Feld-Thymian
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Lamiaceae (99)(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