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|genus=Thymus  

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|species=herba-barona

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|common_name=Caraway thyme

|common_name=Caraway thyme

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'''''Thymus herba-barona''''' is a [[species]] of [[thyme]] native to [[Corsica]], [[Sardinia]], and [[Majorca]]. It is also sometimes known by the common name '''Caraway Thyme''', as it has a strong scent similar to [[Caraway]], for which it can be used as a substitute in any recipe. It can be used in [[cuisine]] or as an [[evergreen]] groundcover for gardens. It is cultivated in gardens across the world.

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It is a creeping plant growing to 10–25&nbsp;cm high and spreading out across the ground using runners. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 4–10&nbsp;mm long, dark green, and hairy. The [[flower]]s are pink, produced in late spring and early summer, and are attractive to [[bee]]s. It grows best in average soil with light watering and full sunlight.

 

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Thymus herba-barona, Loisel. Subshrub, much branched, procumbent, glabrous below: flowering branches shortly ascending, 3-5 in. high: lvs. short-petioled, ovate- lanceolate, acute, base rotundate, viscid-glandular: floral lvs. rather similar: floral whorls approximate and capitate: fls. purplish: calyx white-pilose and red, glandular, upper lip trifid, lower teeth of calyx subulate and ciliate-barbed; corolla-tube slightly exserted. Corsica.

Thymus herba-barona, Loisel. Subshrub, much branched, procumbent, glabrous below: flowering branches shortly ascending, 3-5 in. high: lvs. short-petioled, ovate- lanceolate, acute, base rotundate, viscid-glandular: floral lvs. rather similar: floral whorls approximate and capitate: fls. purplish: calyx white-pilose and red, glandular, upper lip trifid, lower teeth of calyx subulate and ciliate-barbed; corolla-tube slightly exserted. Corsica.

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===Propagation===

===Propagation===

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It is difficult to grow Caraway Thyme from seed, so it is usually purchased as young plants 5–10&nbsp;cm high, in small pots.

===Pests and diseases===

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==Species==

==Varieties==

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*''Thymus herba-barona'' subsp. ''herba-barona''. Corsica, Sardinia.

*''Thymus herba-barona'' subsp. ''bivalens''. Majorca (Spain).

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