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Mother of Thyme

Thymus praecox

5,633Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb21
Mar46
Apr142
May421
Jun1,540
Jul1,562
Aug798
Sep366
Oct88
Nov37
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland861
2Argyll and Bute Scotland470
3Worcestershire England373
4Perth and Kinross Scotland305
5North Yorkshire England280
6Cumbria England187
7Cornwall England167
8South Ayrshire Scotland118
9Powys Wales114
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland94
11Scottish Borders Scotland82
12Gwynedd Wales69
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland62
14East Lothian Scotland59
15Devon England58
2,559 England2,417 Scotland447 Wales55 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,633
Peak month
July
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Thymus praecox
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Thymus
Name with authority
Thymus praecox Opiz
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2697123 · GBIF 5341449