Synonyms
Thymus armeniacus Klokov & Des. Shost.; Thymus deflexus Klokov; Thymus perplexus Klokov; Thymus terekensis Klokov.
Local Names
Armenia: Thymus kotschyanus – 
(Urts Kochii); Azerbaijan: Thymus caucasicus – Qаfqаz кəкliкоtu, Thymus collinus – Təpəliк кəкliкоtu; Georgia: Thymus sp.: 
– begkondara, 
– bukna (Meskhetian), 
– veltkondara (Tushetian) 
– kondara (Mthiuletian, Mokhevian) (Makashvili 1991). English: Thyme.
Botany and Ecology
Thymus caucasicus Willd. ex Benth.
Subshrub. Stems long, rooting, terminating in a sterile shoot. Leaves petiolate, rather thin, ovate or ovate-triangular, 8–11 mm long, 5–8.5 mm wide, ciliate up to the middle, glabrous or with scattered short hairs above; lateral veins 2 or 3 pairs; venation camptodromous or pseudomarginal; glands small, numerous on the lower cauline leaves. Flowering branches 7–10 cm long, covered alternately on two sides with short hairs. Inflorescence capitate, rarely oblong-capitate; pedicels shorter than calyx; calyx narrowly...
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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2017). Thymus caucasicus Willd. ex Benth. Thymus collinus M. Bieb. Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. Lamiaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_101
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