Laurie Campbell / Wild Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) in flower, St Abbs Head National Nature Reserve, Berwickshire, Scotland, June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion), feeding from Creeping Thyme (Thymus serpyllum), Finland, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Burnet moth (Zygaena rhadamanthus) on Wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum), Prealpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park, France, May.

Alex Hyde / Wild Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) flowering in limestone scree. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Wild Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK. June.

Radomir Jakubowski / Wild thyme (Thymus serphyllum) flower, Vosges Mountains, France, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Northern Clouded Yellow or Hecla Sulphur (Colias hecla) on Thyme (Thymus serpyllum subsp. tanaensis) Karigasniemi, Finland, July.

Martin Gabriel / Wild Thyme / Creeping Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) Allgaeu Alps, Bavaria, Germany, July

Philippe Clement / Wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum) in flower, Belgium

Konstantin Mikhailov / Thyme {Thymus serpyllum} flowering, N Russia

Martin Gabriel / Wild thyme in flower (Thymus serpyllum), near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, June

Martin Gabriel / Wild thyme in flower (Thymus serpyllum), near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, June

Philippe Clement / Wild thyme {Thymus serpyllum} France

Tony Evans / Wild thyme {Thymus serpyllum} flowering amongst grass & Toadflax, Scotland, UK

Tony Evans / Wild thyme flowering {Thymus serpyllum} Scotland, UK

Tony Evans / Wild thyme flowering {Thymus serpyllum} Scotland, UK

Tony Evans / Wild thyme flowering {Thymus serpyllum} Scotland, UK

Tony Evans / Wild thyme flowering {Thymus serpyllum} Scotland, UK

Niall Benvie / Breckland thyme in flower, Mull, Scotland, UK

Niall Benvie / Breckland thyme {Thymus serpyllum} + Alpine ladies mantle {Alchemilla alpinus} Beinn Eighe NNR, Wester Ross, Scotland

Alex Hyde / Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) growing on lead mining spoil heap. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. July.

Alex Hyde / Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) growing on lead mining spoil heap. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum) growing with Moss on rock. Fassa Valley, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. June.