Thymus vulgaris L., 1753 39% complete

Garden thyme

Sp. Pl.: 591 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Thymus vulgaris, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced14 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 591 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Garden thyme No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations SW. Europe, SE. Italy No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 21 cm
  • 21.25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 44 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 86, 164, 275, 474, 544, 655, 882
Differs from sources
Biological type chamaephyte
  • chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 175, 544, 655
Sourced
Flower color white, purple, magenta
  • magenta, purple, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 655
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Growth habit Subshrub
  • Subshrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 30 cm
  • 30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 86, 164, 275, 474, 544, 655, 882
Sourced
Sexuality gynodioecious Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 28, 86, 175, 882
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 3 / 9 · rather dry air
  • 3 / 9 · rather dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 8 / 9 · light · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8
  • pH 8 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 37 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record