Thymus glabrescensWilld.

WFO wfo-0000324058 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thymus glabrescens, photographed by richyfourtytwo
fig. a richyfourtytwo, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-24 / obs. 200305382
Thymus glabrescens, photographed by carnifex
fig. b carnifex, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101967325
Thymus glabrescens, photographed by carnifex
fig. c carnifex, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87345281
Thymus glabrescens, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. d Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113132840
Thymus glabrescens, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. e Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 69152749
Thymus glabrescens, photographed by Felix Seebauer
fig. f Felix Seebauer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200205001
Thymus glabrescens, photographed by Jacek Pietruszewski
fig. g Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75429631
Thymus glabrescens, photographed by carnifex
fig. h carnifex, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 19592921

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Thymus glabrescens is native: Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine AustriaBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaHungaryItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Thymus glabrescens, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR

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 74 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.

  • Thymus austriacus Bernh. ex Rchb.
  • Thymus austriacus var. subaustriacus Ronniger ex Ferd.Weber
  • Thymus brachyphyllus Opiz
  • Thymus bracteatus Opiz
  • Thymus comptus Griseb.
  • Thymus degenianus Lyka
  • Thymus glabrescens f. brachyphyllus (Opiz) Cáp
  • Thymus glabrescens f. firmus Lyka
  • Thymus glabrescens f. senilis (Dichtl) Cáp
  • Thymus glabrescens f. serpens Opiz ex Lyka
  • Thymus glabrescens f. stenophyllus (Opiz ex Borbás) Cáp
  • Thymus glabrescens f. tokajensis (Lyka) Cáp
  • Thymus glabrescens subsp. degenianus (Lyka) Soó
  • Thymus glabrescens subvar. firmus (Lyka) Diklic
  • Thymus glabrescens subvar. serpens (Opiz ex Lyka) Diklic
  • Thymus glabrescens var. pilosus (Opiz) Cáp
  • Thymus glabrescens var. stipitatoglandulosus Cáp
  • Thymus glabrescens var. subaustriacus (Ronniger ex Ferd.Weber) Cáp
  • Thymus loevyanus Opiz
  • Thymus loevyanus Velen.
  • Thymus loevyanus var. angustissimus Hawkeswood
  • Thymus loevyanus var. brachyphyllus (Opiz) Formánek
  • Thymus loevyanus var. bracteatus (Opiz) Formánek
  • Thymus loevyanus var. piliger (Opiz ex Rchb.) Formánek

and 50 more.

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. 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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