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Thyme
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<p>Thyme is a <a href="/facts/Culinary_herb/EKCltNNF">culinary herb</a> consisting of the dried aerial parts of some members of the genus <i><a href="/facts/Thymus_(plant)/8kdATTwa">Thymus</a></i> of <a href="/facts/Flowering_plant/E5eGYIvY">flowering plants</a> in the mint family <a href="/facts/Lamiaceae/PUp3Bbjj">Lamiaceae</a>. Thymes are native to <a href="/facts/Eurasia/KlLI9GDM">Eurasia</a> and north Africa. Thymes have culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses. The species most commonly cultivated and used for culinary purposes is <i><a href="/facts/Thymus_vulgaris/Ud723h1t">Thymus vulgaris</a></i>, native to Southeast Europe. </p>