Europe
During our European travels we have found thyme growing in the wild and have
collected plants to add to the Collection, always with permission.
I have also taken photographs and made notes on habitat and associated plants.
In due course these thymes will be used in future DNA studies to determine the relationships between the species of creeping thyme.
To see an enlarged version of a picture click on the relevant picture.
France
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Thymus serpyllum growing with rough grass
by the roadside at Sainte Aquitière, near Charmant, south of Angoulême, in Charentes department, France.
The plants were growing in thin soil overlying chalk and this can be seen clearly in the photograph on the left.
The leaves on these thymes are much larger than those on
Thymus serpyllum collected in Breckland.
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Thymus serpyllum growing in one of the
formal lawns in front of the main entrance
to Château Chambord in the Loire valley,
France.
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Thymus pulegioides with yellowish-green
leaves growing in one of the formal lawns
in front of the main entrance to Château
Chambord in the Loire valley, France.
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Thymus pulegioides growing beside the steps to the middle ruined keep (Wahlenbourg) at Husseren-les-Châteaux,
near Colmar, Alsace, France.
There was a considerable amount of Thymus pulegioides growing in shallow soil between the rocks, with flower colour ranging
from pale lilac to darker purple.
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Germany
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In the foreground is a large sheet of Thymus
pulegioides growing in grass beside the Badenburg Lake in the park at
Schloss Nymphenburg, near München, Germany. The Monopteros is on the other side of the lake.
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Austria
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Thymus pulegioides, growing with grass
in shallow soil, near the summit of
Patscherkofel, south of Innsbruck, Austria.
The majority of T. pulegioides had dark
crimson flowers and buds.
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Thymus serpyllum growing with grass in
shallow soil on Patscherkofel, south of
Innsbruck, Austria. The small pieces of rock
are mica schist of which there was a considerable amount beside the path to the summit.
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Photographs © 1999, 2002, 2004, Margaret Easter. No copying or reproduction permitted.
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