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Thymus piperella, known as Valencian thyme, is a small subshrub from southeast Spain used as a culinary herb and to flavor olives and a local liqueur. Grow it like other thymes: full sun, sharp drainage and lean soil.
Thymus piperella, known by the common name valencian thyme, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to southeast Spain. It is used as a culinary herb, as a flavoring in a digestif called 'herbero', and to soften and flavor preserved olives.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
