Herb. No. 047 · Lamiaceae
Western Mediterranean garrigue. A gravel-garden plant almost anywhere with sun.
Native · Mediterranean
Native Also grownNow a garden plant worldwide
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Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
A low cushion of thymol — the classic kitchen antimicrobial for coughs.
Garden thyme is a Mediterranean subshrub. Thymol and carvacrol define the warming, antiseptic tradition for winter coughs. Culinary and tea use is long-standing; thyme oil is a different, harsher drug.
Flavor
Warm, medicinal-savory, lemon-pepper when you bruise a leaf.
Parts used
Aerial parts
In favor
- Tiny plant, huge flavor
- Bees love the bloom
Against
- Oil burns mucosa
- Very drying as a strong tea