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Thymus vulgaris L.

garden thyme (Lamiaceae / Labiatae)

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Thymus vulgaris is native to to western Mediterranean Basin, but is also widely grown as a culinary herb. Its leaves are greyish in colour, and rolled under at the edges.

Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France; 2015-05-25

 garden thyme / Thymus vulgaris: _Thymus vulgaris_ is native to to western Mediterranean Basin, but is also widely grown as a culinary herb. Its leaves are greyish in colour, and rolled under at the edges.

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