Thymus nummularius
M. Bieb.
Pizza thyme
LamiaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - flavouring
The leaves are used as a flavoring for pizzas and pasta dishes.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It can tolerate frost. In Brisbane Botanical gardens.
Australia, Russia, Turkey, Türkiye,
How to Identify
A herb. It is low spreading and it keeps growing from year to year. It grows 25 cm high. The flowers are pink.
Names & Synonyms
Limon kekigi
Thymus pseudopulegioides Klokov & Des.-Shost.and others
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)
