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| Name | Lemon thyme | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | 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). | ||||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00238 | ||||||||||||
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| Group | Herbs and Spices | ||||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Herbs | ||||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||||
| Order | Lamiales | ||||||||||||
| Family | Lamiaceae | ||||||||||||
| Genus | Thymus | ||||||||||||
| Species | pulegioides | ||||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 505500 | ||||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Thymus_pulegioides | ||||||||||||
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