| Scientific Name: | Thymus citriodorus ( syn. T. x citriodorus ) |
| Common Name: | lemon thyme |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Dried flower or fruit, Fragrance, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Herb, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Lanceolate, Oblong, Ciliate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, White, Pink, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, elliptic, about 5mm long, dark green with a strong lemon scent lemon-scent especially when in flower; flowers tiny, tubular, pale lilac. | |