| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Thymus pulcherrimus Schur |
| Bibliography | Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins. Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 10: 140 (1859) |
| Native Range | ne. Czech Republic to Carpathians |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 500-2000m |
| Description | leaves ovate to orbiculate, petiolate, at base truncate or cuneate, shallowly crenate, inflorescence spherical to subcylindrical, flowers 8-10mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | rose |
| 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 carpathicus Čelak. Thymus chamaedrys ssp. pulcherrimus (Schur) Simonk. Thymus chamaedrys var. sudeticus (Opiz ex Borbás) Nyman Thymus circumcinctus Klokov Thymus humifusus var. origanifolius Rchb. Thymus pulcherrimus f. goemoeriensis (Lyka) Čáp Thymus pulcherrimus ssp. sudeticus (Opiz ex Borbás) P.A.Schmidt Thymus serpyllum f. czakoi Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. goemoeriensis Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. oreades Lyka Thymus serpyllum ssp. pulcherrimus (Schur) Lyka Thymus serpyllum var. pulcherrimus (Schur) Nyman Thymus serpyllum ssp. sudeticus (Opiz ex Borbás) Lyka Thymus serpyllum f. wagneri Lyka Thymus sudeticus Opiz ex Borbás |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |