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Common Thyme

Thymus vulgaris

158Records since 2000
JunePeak month
24Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May24
Jun60
Jul46
Aug14
Sep5
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England20
2Cumbria England14
3Worcestershire England11
4Suffolk England7
5Oxfordshire England5
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
7Dorset England2
8Highland Scotland2
9Cornwall England2
10Herefordshire, County of England2
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
12North Ayrshire Scotland2
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland2
14Pembrokeshire Wales1
15Powys Wales1
138 England7 Scotland4 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
158
Peak month
June
Counties with records
24
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Thymus vulgaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
327
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Thymus
Name with authority
Thymus vulgaris L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q148668 · GBIF 5341442