Superb culinary thyme. Spicier, more pungent flavor than Winter Thyme, it is a smaller plant that is favored by cooks for it's solid thyme flavor.
It has been used since ancient times to achieve healing, cure chest congestion, and induce saliva; the fresh leaves are taken to relieve sore throats. The plant is also used as an effective remedy for chest infections (bronchitis, pharyngitis, whooping cough) as well as to treat worms in children.

The plant has been used for its flavor in cooking. Thymus vulgaris essential oil is used as an antiseptic, antiviral, and antimicrobial agent in folk medicine. Thyme also possesses carminative and antioxidative effects. Grow as an annual in zones colder than 6.