id: 238

name: Thyme

flavor_bible_name_variants: lemon thyme,thyme,thyme fresh,thyme lemon

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status: draft

source: foodb,flavor_bible

food_db_name: Lemon thyme

flavor_db_name_variants: lemon thyme

name_scientific: Thymus pulegioides

description: Thymus pulegioides (common names broad-leaved thyme, lemon thyme) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe. Growing to 5-25 cm (2-10 in) tall by 25 cm (10 in) wide, it is a small spreading subshrub with strongly aromatic leaves, and lilac pink flowers in early summer. The specific epithet pulegioides highlights its similarity to another species within Lamiaceae, Mentha pulegium (pennyroyal).

itis_id: 505500

wikipedia_id: Thymus_pulegioides

picture_file_name: 238.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 144057

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:38:19.000Z

legacy_id: 253

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:28.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:20.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 751873

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00238