It looks more like common thyme and no I never noticed a difference in taste. the creeping thyme I have does not bush up that high. I noticed that my herbs did very well in the raised bed despite how terrible the winter was up here, the rosemary and thyme especially look real good but I managed to kill the oregano that had made it thru the winter. That's what I get for trying to move stuff. I put in a Russian sage about two years ago and that seems like it will go again this year, I am pretty happy about that because it is delightful in herb butter.