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Thymus serpyllum L.
Engl.: Breckland thyme, wild thyme, creeping thyme, lavender thyme, mother of thyme.
Deu.: Quendel, Sand-Thymian, Feld-Thymian, Feldthymian, Sandthymian, Wiesenthymian, Wilder Thymian.
Fran.: serpolet, thym sauvage.
Sven.: backtimjan, stortimjan.
Suom.: kangasajuruoho, ajuruoho.

Pre-Linnaean: Species Plantarum, 1762-63, Linnaeus:
Thymus floribus capitatis, caulibus decumbentibus, foliis planis obtusis basi ciliatis. Fl. Svec. 477; 525. Mat. Med. 282.
Thymus repens, foliis planis, floribus verticillato-spicatis. Hort. cliff. 306. Roy. lugdb. 325.
Serpyllum vulgare minus. Bauh. pin. 220.
Serpyllum vulgare. Dod. pempt. 277.
β. Serpyllum vulgare majus. Bauh. pin. 220.
γ. Serpyllum vulgare minus, capitulis lanuginosis. Tournef. inst. 197. It. gotl. 219.
δ. Serpyllum angustifolium hirsutum. Bauh. pin. 220.
ε. Serpyllum foliis citri odore. Bauh. pin. 220.

Pre-Linnaean: The English flora, 1825, by Sir James Edward Smith:
Thymus Serpyllum. Linn. Sp. Pl. 825. Willd. v. 3.138. Fl. Br. 639. Engl. Bot. v. 22. t. 1514. Curt. Lond. fase. 2. t.47. Hook. Scot. 185. T.n. 235. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 102.
Serpillum. Brunf. Herb. v. 2. 22. f.
Serpyllum. Fuchs. Hist. 251. f.
Serpyllum vulgare. Raii Syn. 230. Ger. Em.570. f. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2.269. f. Vaill. Par. 183. t.32. f.7, 9. 8.
β. Huds. 262.
Serpyllum vulgare flore albo. Tourn. Inst. 197. Dill. in Rati Syn. 230.
γ. Serpyllum vulgare, flore amplo. Raii Syn. 230. Vaill. Par. t. 32. f.8. Large-flowered Mother of Thyme. Pet. H. Brit. t. 31. f. 2.
δ. Serpyllum vulgare majus. Dill. in Raii Syn. 231. Serpyllum majus flore purpureo. Ger. Em. 570. f.
ε. Serpyllum citratum. Raii Syn. 231. Ger. Em. 571. f. Lemon Thyme. Pet. H. Brit. t. 31. f. 4.
ζ. Serpyllum angustifolium glabrum. Dill. in Raii Syn. 231. Thymus Serpyllum. Woodv. t. 110?
η. Serpyllum vulgare hirsutum. Raii Syn. 231. Serpyllum latifolium hirsutum. Bauh. Pin. 220. Prodr.108. Vaill. Par. t. 32. f. 6.
θ. Serpyllum hirsutum minus repens inodorum. Pluk. Almag. 344. Dill. in Rati Syn. 231.
ι. Serpyllum villosum fruticosius, floribus dilute rubentibus. Raii Syn 231; excluding Bauhin’s synonyms.