Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Matevski in Matevski (2021) and Diklić in Josifović (1974).
Habitat: Open habitats- hill pastures, dry grasslands on stony ground and rocky terrains, river gorges.
Distribution: Native to the Balkan Peninsula – Greece and Turkey in Europe (The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010), also Bulgaria (Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew); Serbia (Diklić in Josifović, 1974); North Macedonia Matevski in Matevski (2021).
Lifeform: Perennial – hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Late spring- early summer: MAY, JUN.
Thymus comptus – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering stems with developing inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering and non-flowering stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus striatus – non-flowering stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – non-flowering stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering and non-flowering stems. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering and non-flowering stems. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering and non-flowering stems. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering and non-flowering stems. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering stems with verticillasters. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering stems with verticillasters. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – flowering stem with verticillasters. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – verticillasters. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – bracts of inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – inflorescences with bracts. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – non-flowering stems. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thymus comptus – non- flowering stems. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
