serpyllum

The Thymus vulgaris species stems from Wild Thyme, Thymus serpyllum which is indigenous to Southern Europe.

Thyme and its Health Effects 2007

The Wild English thyme (_Thymus serpyllum_) belongs to the

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Typically the _Thymus serpyllum_ flourishes abundantly on hills, heaths, and grassy places, having woody stems, small fringed leaves, and heads of purple flowers which diffuse a sweet perfume into the surrounding air, [561] especially in hot weather.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

I made no answer, for at this moment we reined up before the gate, and glanced at the massive, studded portal, and the old wall, with its soft crowning of ivy on the top, and grey-green, moss-covered sides, where the yellow wall-pepper and white serpyllum pushed between the crevices of the stonework.

Orrain A Romance S. Levett-Yeats

Wild thyme, or mother-of-thyme (_T. serpyllum_, Linn.), is a less grown perennial, with violet or pink flowers.

Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. G. Kains

It is less marked in the case of Thymus serpyllum and

The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895

This occurs in Geranium pratense, Thymus serpyllum, Arum maculatum, and many others.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

Thyme is the Anglicised form of the Greek and Latin _Thymum_, which name it probably got from its use for incense in sacrifices, while its other name of _serpyllum_ pointed out its creeping habit.

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

Lying basking in the sun upon a flat slab of stone, and gazing eastward, we overlook a foreground of dappled light and shadow, across which the lizards run -- quick streaks of living emerald -- making the bunches of yellow rue and little white serpyllum in the fissures of the masonry nod as they hurry past.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866

Lying basking in the sun upon a flat slab of stone, and gazing eastward, we overlook a foreground of dappled light and shadow, across which the lizards run -- quick streaks of living emerald -- making the bunches of yellow rue and little white serpyllum in the fissures of the masonry nod as they hurry past.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866