| Scientific Name: | Thymus serpyllum |
| Common Name: | mother of thyme, creeping thyme |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Fragrance, Ground cover, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Elliptic, Linear, Ovate, Ciliate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Purple, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Prostrate, mat-forming evergreen herb with hairy stems (woody at base); leaf blades mostly oval, 3-8mm long, petioles 1-3 mm long; flowers strongly scented, 4-6mm long, in terminal spike-like verticillasters. | |