Thyme
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Habit | herbaceous
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Height: | ⇕ | 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. |
Width: | ⇔ | 10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers, fragrance, edible, fire resistant |
USDA Zones: | 7 to 10 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple, white |
Thymus > |
vulgaris > |
Thyme most commonly refers to Thymus vulgaris, especially in reference to the seasoning, but it can also refer to any other species in the thymus genuswp.
Thymus vulgaris or Common Thyme is a low growing herbaceous plant, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. It is native to southern Europe. It is much cultivated as a culinary herb.
It typically grows as a sub-shrub, between 15 and 20 cm tall.
ExpandRead about Thyme in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Varieties
The many cultivars include 'Argenteus' (Silver thyme). [1]
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See also
- Thymus herba-barona (Caraway Thyme)
- Thymus × citriodorus (Citrus Thyme; hybrid T. pulegioides × T. vulgaris) is also a popular culinary herb, with cultivars selected with aromas of various citrus fruit (lemon thyme, etc.)
- Thymus pseudolanuginosus (Woolly Thyme) not culinary
- Thymus serpyllum (Wild Thyme)
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Thyme. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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