| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Thymus altaicus Klokov & Des.-Shost. |
| Bibliography | Zhurn. Inst. Bot. Vseukrains'k. Akad. Nauk 10: 159 (1936) |
| Native Range | Siberia to Central Asia and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 1100-1400m |
| Description | leaves oblong-elliptic to ovate, 5-10mm long, glabrous, entire, sparsely ciliate, inflorescence capitate, flowers 5-6mm long, pubescent |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Thymus altaicus (Serg.) Serg. Thymus serpyllum var. altaicus Serg. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |