Some similarities to : Self-heal (when flower heads viewed hastily from above) but wild thyme has flowers that are much more mauve than the dark-blue of self-heal.

Wild Thyme is a very low plant apt to form carpets partly covering limestone grassland in patches. When crushed between the fingers has an un-mistakable smell of garden thyme due to the presence of thymol, a monoterpene and also to carvacrol, an isomer of thymol. Both are also present in Origano and in Wild Bergamot, which are also members of the mint family. Both inhibit the growth of bacteria and mould and kill fungal spores. Thymol has been used to control varroa mite in bee colonies.

Wild thyme can be used instead of garden thyme when cooking.

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