Lythrum thymifoliaL.

Thymeleaf Loosestrifethymeleaf loosestrife

WFO wfo-0000366930 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Lythrum thymifolia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. a Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-16 / obs. 175492597
Lythrum thymifolia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. b Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175492594
Lythrum thymifolia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175492602

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Lythrum thymifolia is native: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, East Aegean Is., Iran, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Palestine, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, Baleares, Bulgaria, East European Russia, France, Greece, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaEast Aegean Is.IranKazakhstanNorth CaucasusPalestineTürkiyeUzbekistanBulgariaEast European RussiaFranceGreeceItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSouth European RussiaSpainUkraine BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Lythrum thymifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Ukraine UKR
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Türkiye TUR
Uzbekistan UZB
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chabraea serpyllifolia Bubani
  • Editeles thymifolia (L.) Raf.
  • Lythrum hybridum Klokov
  • Lythrum hyssopifolia subsp. melanospermum (Săvul. & Zahar.) Seregin
  • Lythrum hyssopifolia subsp. thymifolia (L.) Batt.
  • Lythrum hyssopifolia var. thymifolia (L.) Ball
  • Lythrum melanospermum Săvul. & Zahar.
  • Lythrum strictum Willd. ex Koehne
  • Lythrum thymifolia var. diffusa Lange
  • Lythrum thymifolia var. erecta Lange
  • Lythrum thymophyllum St.-Lag.
  • Middendorfia melanosperma (Săvul. & Zahar.) Tacik
  • Middendorfia thymifolia (L.) Tacik
  • Salica lythastrum Hill
  • Salicaria thymifolia (L.) Lam.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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