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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Sourced7 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded16 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 591 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Garden thyme No source recorded
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Observations SW. Europe, SE. Italy No source recorded
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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 No source recorded
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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
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Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 28, 86, 175, 882
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 3 / 9 · rather dry air No source recorded
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Light 8 / 9 · light No source recorded
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Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) No source recorded
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Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils No source recorded
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Cultivation
Minimum root depth 37 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record