(First upload on August 5 2012. Last on September 10 2017) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (シソ科) > Thymus serpyllum
Thymus L. (イブキジャコウソウ)Youshu-ibuki-jakousou (ヨウシュイブキジャコウソウ, 洋種伊吹麝香草), breckland thyme, wild thyme or creeping thymeLifeform: evergreen, prostrate shrub, with 10-30 cm in height ↔ T. quinquecostatus Distribution: palearctic zone (Europe and north Africa) → exotic to Japan |
Habitat: dry grassland, usually on calcareous soils in the native regions Chromosome number: 2n = 24 Cultivars: many Annie Hall (white flower), Pink Chintz, Elfin, etc. Usage: seasoning (after drying) → thyme oil (major chemical = thymol), rock garden, groundcover |
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[1/2] cv. Mountain Select at a roadside flower-garden, N22/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 28 2016. [3] in a flower bed under a street tree, N22/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 31 2018. [4-6] cv. Pink Chintz [4/5] at Teshio-Nakagawa JR Station, northern Hokkaido, on June 13 2012. [6] at a pedetrian road in front of the facility of Kyushu University Research Forest, Ashoro Twon, eastern Hokkaido, on June 6 2014. [7] along a paved road in N23/E2, Sapporo, on September 8 2021. [8/9] white flowers (cv. Annie Hall) in a flower bed under a street tree, N22/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on July 3 2018. Records: in a small garden, N8/W7, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 19 2017. Under a street tree in N27/W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on July 7 2020.