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''Thymus vulgaris'' (common thyme, German thyme,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bonnie Plants Thyme )〕 garden thyme or just thyme) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to southern Europe from the western Mediterranean to southern Italy. Growing to tall by wide, it is a bushy, woody-based evergreen subshrub with small, highly aromatic, grey-green leaves and clusters of purple or pink flowers in early summer. It is useful in the garden as groundcover, where it can be short-lived, but is easily propagated from cuttings.〔 It is also the main source of thyme as an ingredient in cooking and as an herbal medicine. It is slightly more spicier than oregano and sweeter than sage. == Cultivars == Numerous cultivars and hybrids have been developed for ornamental purposes. Nomenclature can be very confusing. 〔(Totally Thyme )〕 French, German and English varieties vary by leaf shape and colour and essential oils. 〔(Herbs 2000: Thymus vulgaris )〕 The many cultivars include 'Argenteus' (silver thyme). 〔(Thymus argenteus )〕 The cultivar 'Silver Queen', with white-margined leaves, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1930 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thymus vulgaris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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