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Thymus nummularius

M. Bieb.

Pizza thyme

Lamiaceae Edible: Leaves - flavouring 69 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb. It is low spreading and it keeps growing from year to year. It grows 25 cm high. The flowers are pink.

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Edible Uses

The leaves are used as a flavoring for pizzas and pasta dishes.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are used for Pizzas, and other dishes such as pasta.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It can tolerate frost. In Brisbane Botanical gardens.

Where It Grows

Australia, Russia, Turkey, Türkiye,

Synonyms

Thymus pseudopulegioides Klokov & Des.-Shost.and others

Also Known As

Limon kekigi

References (3)

  • Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
  • Kasumov, K. Y. & Gavrenkova, S. I., Components of the Essential Oil of Thymus nummularius. Plenum.
  • Ozbucak, T. B. et al, 2006, The Contribution of Wild Edible Plants to Human Nutrition in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Ethnobotanical Leaflets 10: 98-103 (As Thymus pseudopulegioides)

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