Thymus praecox Opiz


Family	LAMIACEAE
Genus species	Thymus praecox Opiz
Synonyms	Thymus alpicola Schur
	Thymus caespitosus Opiz
	Thymus hesperites Lyka
Habitat	rocky slopes
Description	leaves upwards larger, lanceolate to suborbiculate, obtuse, petiolate, ciliate, rigid, inflorescence capitate, flowers 5-7mm long; very variable
Size	1-5cm
Color	purple
Bloom	late spring, summer
Ca
Type	subshrub, carpet
Cultivation	sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagation	seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer
Territory	Europe Northern Europe Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus Western Asia Northern America Subarctic America
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	LAMIACEAE Thymus praecox Opiz, Naturalientausch 6: 40 (1824) Synonyms: Thymus serpyllum praecox (Opiz) Briq. ============================================================================= praecox typicus ined. Synonyms: Thymus alpicola Schur Thymus badensis Heinr.Braun Thymus caespitosus Opiz Thymus ciliatus Opiz ex Déségl. Thymus hesperites Lyka Thymus humifusus Bernh. ex Link Thymus mannianus Opiz ex Déségl. Thymus opizii Ferd.Weber Thymus robustus Opiz Thymus spathulatus Opiz Europe 10 NET 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN POL SWI 12 FRA 13 ITA ROM YUG praecox britannicus (Ronniger) Holub, Preslia 45: 359 (1973) Basionym: Thymus britannicus Ronniger, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 330 (1924) Synonyms: Thymus drucei britannicus (Ronniger) Čáp Thymus polytrichus britannicus (Ronniger) Kerguélen Thymus serpyllum britannicus (Ronniger) P.Fourn. Thymus arcticus (Durand) Ronniger Thymus drucei Ronniger Thymus neglectus Ronniger Thymus pseudolanuginosus Ronniger Thymus zetlandicus Ronniger & Druce n. & sw. Europe, Greenland 10 FOR GRB ICE IRE NOR SWE 12 FRA POR SPA 70 GNL praecox caucasicus (Willd. ex Ronniger) Jalas, Willdenowia 15: 423 (1986) Basionym: Thymus caucasicus Willd. ex Ronniger, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 31: 156 (1932) Synonyms: Thymus caucasicus medvedewii Ronniger Thymus praecox medvedewii (Ronniger) Jalas Caucasus, se. Turkey 33 NCS TCS 34 TUR subalpine-alpine raecox grossheimii (Ronniger) Jalas, Ann. Bot. Fenn. 17: 323 (1980) Basionym: Thymus grossheimii Ronniger, Fl. Kavkaza [A.A.Grossheim] 3: 335 (1932) Synonyms: Thymus caucasicus grossheimii (Ronniger) Jalas Transcaucasus, n. Iran, ne. Turkey 33 TCS 34 IRN TUR subalpine praecox parvulus (Lojac.) Bartolucci, Peruzzi & N.G.Passal., Taxon 62: 1309 (2013) Basionym: Thymus parvulus Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 198 (1907) ne. Sicilia 13 SIC praecox polytrichus (A.Kern. ex Borbás) Jalas, Veröff. Geobot. Inst. Rübel Zürich 43: 189 (1970) Basionym: Thymus polytrichus A.Kern. ex Borbás, Math. Term. Közlem. 24(2): 105 (1890) Synonyms: Thymus serpyllum polytrichus (A.Kern. ex Borbás) Briq. Thymus agoustensis Formánek Thymus alpigenus (A.Kern. ex Heinr.Braun) Ronniger Thymus amoenus Sennen Thymus balcanus Borbás Thymus ceretanus Sennen Thymus kapelae (Borbás) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Thymus kerneri Borbás Thymus reinegeri Opiz Thymys sacer Lacaita Thymus sarntheinii Heinr.Braun Thymus trachselianus Opiz Thymus vallicola (Heinr.Braun) Ronniger Thymus vandasii Velen. s. Europe 12 FRA SPA 13 ALB BUL GRC ITA YUG praecox widderi (Ronniger ex Machule) P.A.Schmidt, Feddes Repert. 83: 669 (1973) Basionym: Thymus widderi Ronniger ex Machule, Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1(4): 89 (1957) Synonyms: Thymus widderi beckii Machule e. Alps 11 AUT 13 YUG praecox zygiformis (Heinr.Braun) Jalas, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64: 267 (1971) Basionym: Thymus zygiformis Heinr.Braun, Biblioth. Bot. 26: 87 (1892) Synonyms: Thymus albanus Heinr.Braun ex Wettst. Thymus euxinus (Heinr. Braun.) Heinr.Braun ex Klokov & Des.-Shost. Balkan Peninsula 13 ALB BUL GRC YUG 1700-2300m