| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Thymus praecox Opiz |
| Bibliography | Naturalientausch 6: 40 (1824) |
| Native Range | Europe to Iran, Greenland |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-1500m |
| 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 |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 |
| Synonyms | Thymus alpicola Schur Thymus angustifolius var. silvicola Wimm. & Grab. Thymus badensis Heinr.Braun ex L.Walz Thymus caespitosus Opiz Thymus ciliatus Opiz ex Déségl. Thymus glabrescens ssp. hesperites (Lyka) Domin Thymus hesperites Lyka Thymus humifusus Bernh. ex Link Thymus mannianus Opiz ex Déségl. Thymus praecox f. badensis (Heinr.Braun ex L.Walz) Čáp Thymus praecox f. borosianus (Lyka) P.A.Schmidt ex Čáp Thymus praecox var. caespitosus (Opiz) Formánek Thymus praecox var. ciliatus Formánek Thymus praecox f. cinerosus (Lyka) Čáp Thymus praecox ssp. hesperites (Lyka) Korneck Thymus praecox ssp. saxicola (Heinr.Braun) H.Neumayer Thymus praecox var. saxicola Heinr.Braun Thymus praecox var. spathulatus (Opiz) Formánek Thymus robustus Opiz Thymus serpyllum f. alpicola (Schur) Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. badensis (Heinr.Braun ex L.Walzl) Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. borosianus Lyka Thymus serpyllum var. caespitosus (Opiz) Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. cinerosus Lyka Thymus serpyllum ssp. clivorum Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. diversipellis Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. fallax Lyka Thymus serpyllum var. glareosus Lyka Thymus serpyllum ssp. hesperites Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. huljakii Lyka Thymus serpyllum var. humifusus (Benth. ex Rchb.) Nyman Thymus serpyllum var. induratus Lyka Thymus serpyllum var. kollmannii Lyka Thymus serpyllum var. lanuginosus Pers. Thymus serpyllum f. leptoneurus Lyka Thymus serpyllum ssp. nummularius Čelak. Thymus serpyllum f. petiolatus Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. petraeus Lyka Thymus serpyllum var. praecox (Opiz) Briq. Thymus serpyllum f. praecox (Opiz) Bolzon Thymus serpyllum ssp. praecox (Opiz) Vollm. Thymus serpyllum var. rupestris Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. spathulatus (Opiz) Lyka Thymus serpyllum var. zobelii Lyka Thymus spathulatus Opiz |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland) |