Thyme

Thymbra spp., Thymus spp. …

herb

A small subshrub of sunny garrigues, with tiny fragrant leaves, inseparable from Mediterranean cooking. Its scent comes from thymol and carvacrol; it also provides rosmarinic acid.

Origin

Mediterranean scrubland

Season (United States)

all year round · grows in your region

Preparation

The sprigs are stripped of their leaves; the woody stems flavor a broth, then are removed.

Molecules

Rosmarinic acidIn small amounts, not counted Eugenol

Did you know?

Its Provençal name, farigoule, is said to come from the Latin fericula, from ferus, “wild”.