Drought stress is one of the most important abiotic stresses limiting survival, growth and production of plants around the world. It is also as a limiting factor in expanding urban area landscape, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Creeping thyme ( Thymus serpyllum ) is a pharma-ornamental plant which is widely used as cover plant in landscape. The current study was designed to investigate the effects of drought stress and salicylic acid treatment on morphological and physiological characteristics of creeping thyme. This study was carred out in a completely randomized design with four replications. Irrigation treatments included control, 20%, 50% and 80% of irrigation. Plants were also treated with various concentrations of salicylic acid including 0.0, 1.5 and 3.0 mM. The results showed that plant growth decreased significantly in irrigation treatments of 20% (33.33%) and 50% (46.94%). Results indicated that serve drought (50 and 20 % of irrigation) reduced growth and biomass of creeping thyme due to oxidative stress. However, the mild drought stress (80% irrigation) did not have a significant impact on physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant. Root fresh weight of plants irrigated with 50 and 20 % of irrigation decreased by 27.89 and 38.93 % compared to control plant, respectively. Moreover, root dry weight and root mass significanty decreased due to drought stress. In the severe drought condtion, photosanthytic pigments concentration and antioxtidant enzymes activity were decreased, while electrical linkage and lipid peroxidation were increased. The treatment of plants with 1.5 mM of salicylic acid decreased ionic leakage (22.24%) and Malone di-aldehyde content (173.51 mM); while, increased the activity of antioxidant enzymes, the length of root and stem. The findings of the present study suggested that severe drought stress (50 and 20 % of irrigation) negatively affected physiological and morphological characteristics of creeping thyme; while it toleranced the mild drought stress. Moreover, plants treated with 1.5 mM of salicylic acid as a growth regulator induced the mechanisms related to tolerance of plant to drought and alloviated drought stress in plants. Keywords Thymus serpyllum , Drought stress, Irrigation,Antioxidant enzymes, Photosynthesis