Wild Thyme

Other names

Pennsylvania Dutch Tea Thyme

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Perennial

Native distribution

Europe

Biocultural value

Thyme honey has a delicious spicy flavor. Leaf tea is anitseptic and has been used to treat coughs and sore throats.

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Sandy Mush Herb Nursery, Harriet Ballard Flannery

Description

Spreading, bushy shrub reaching 4" to 12" in height; stems hairy only on the angles and sometimes also on two opposite sides; leaves ovate, lanceolate or elliptic, mostly 5/16" long, cuneate, obtuse, glabrous and glandular dotted above with veins not mush raised beneath, petioled; inflorescence interrupted, oblong; corolla typically mauve.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

bee plant, medicinal/pharmaceutical