Thymus praecox (Thyme)

5/20/2026 · Cutler Botanic Garden, Binghamton, New York · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 8.5 cm)

5/20/2026 · Cutler Botanic Garden, Binghamton, New York · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.5 cm)

5/20/2026 · Cutler Botanic Garden, Binghamton, New York · ≈ 4½ × 3½″ (11 × 9.1 cm)

5/20/2026 · Cutler Botanic Garden, Binghamton, New York · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.5 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Lamiales	Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary
Family	Lamiaceae	Mint family
Genus	Thymus	From the Modern Latin thymus, from the Ancient Greek θύμος (thúmos, “warty excrescence”
Species	praecox