Family: Lamiaceae Wild Thyme Thymus drucei (Thymus polytrichus) Flowering time: May - September. Shrubby perennial Grows on dry calcareous grasslands, rocks, heaths, dunes and mountainous areas in most of Britain Low-growing plant that forms dense, slightly aromatic mats. Small pink-purple flowers on erect stems above untoothed, evergreen leaves. Spreading growth, height 3-7cm. Old, woody stems are sometimes host to Caloplaca stillicidorum

Wild Thyme, Thymus polytrichus
The Purbecks, Dorset. June 2006