| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient.[P.E.Boissier] 5: 16 (1844) |
| Native Range | Iran to s. & e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-2200m |
| Description | leaves veined, orbiculate or cuneate-ovate, shortly hirsute, flowers in dense head |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale pink, white |
| Bloom | 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 arthoclados Stapf Thymus eriophorus Ronniger Thymus hyrcanus Czerniak. ex Klokov Thymus kotschyanus var. behboudianus Rech.f. Thymus kotschyanus var. elbursensis Rech.f. Thymus kotschyanus var. eriophorus (Ronniger) Jalas Thymus kotschyanus var. pseudoeriophorus Rech.f. Thymus lamprophyllus Borbás |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |