Paul Harcourt Davies / Rock campion (Saponaria ocymoides) with Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) Monte Spinale, alpine zone, Madonna di Campiglio, Brenta Dolomites, Italy, July

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basil Thyme (Acinos arvensis) in flower, with Forget me nots (Myotis sp) and other alpin flowers, Mount Vettore, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy, June

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basil Thyme (Acinos arvensis) with Viola (Viola eugeniae) and Forget-me-nots (Myosotis) Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

Nick Upton / Alpine calamint / Rock thyme (Acinos alpinus) flowering clump among limestone scree at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July

Nick Upton / Colourful mix of Alpine wild flowers including Alpine calamint (Acinos alpinus) Creeping baby's breath (Gypsophila repens) and Yellow oxeye daisies (Buphthalmum salicifolium) growing on karst limeston...

Nick Upton / Colourful mix of Alpine wild flowers including Alpine calamint (Acinos alpinus) Creeping baby's breath (Gypsophila repens) and Yellow oxeye daisies (Buphthalmum salicifolium) growing on karst limeston...

Nick Upton / Alpine calamint / rock thyme (Acinos alpinus) among karst limestone rocks at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine thyme (Acinos alpina) flowering on limestone scree in the Simbruini Mountains NP, Apennines, Italy.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Biting stonecrop / Wallpepper (Sedum acre) (yellow) and Alpine Calamint (Acinos alpina) (purple) flowering on scree on Mt Terminillo, Apennines, Lazio, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Orsini's speedwell (Veronica orsiniana) growing alongside Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) on mountainside, Apennines, Italy. June

Paul Harcourt Davies / Apennine wallflower (Erysimum pseudorhaeticum), Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) and Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpina) in flower above the Piano Grande plateau, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) purple with bright blue apline forget-me-not (Myosotis alpina) Plants of high mountain regions in the Apennines..above the Piano Grande, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy June 20...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine turf with Alpine forget-me-nots (Myosotis alpina), Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) and a few Dark grape hyacinths (Muscari commutatum), Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Linda Pitkin / Basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos). Vulnerable species within England. Priest Hill Surrey Wildlife Trust Reserve, England, UK. June.

Linda Pitkin / Basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos), locally rare plant, although introduced at this site. Priest Hill SWT Nature Reserve, England, June 2018. Vulnerable species in England.

Linda Pitkin / Basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos), locally rare plant, although introduced at this site. Priest Hill SWT Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, June 2017. Vulnerable species in England.