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Thymus zygis
Also called Sauce Thyme, White Thyme
Spanish thyme is a small aromatic subshrub from the Iberian Peninsula and northern Morocco, valued as a culinary herb. It grows best in full sun with sharp drainage and sandy or loamy soil.
Thymus zygis is a type of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae native to the Iberian Peninsula and northern Morocco.
It is very common in the southern half of Spain, Portugal and in Morocco.
Thymus zygis is used as a food source. It is used as a dried and fresh herb collected from the wild in Spain and Portugal. It is also a popular herb to cultivate and hybridize with other Thymus species due to its diverse aromatics. However, Thymus vulgaris is more commonly used as herb than this species.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thymus zygis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
