| Scientific Name: | Thymus vulgaris |
| Common Name: | common thyme, garden thyme |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Dried flower or fruit, Fragrance, Herb, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Lanceolate, Linear, Ovate, Ciliate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, White, Purple, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, most ovate, 6-13mm long x 2-4mm wide, green or silvery-grey, acrid or pungant taste (sharp biting), visible pores on the upper leaf surface that look like pin-pricks. | |