What is "garrigue"

n. A type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.

Garrigue or phrygana is a type of low, soft-leaved scrubland ecoregion and plant community in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.

It is found on limestone soils in southern France and around the Mediterranean Basin, generally near the seacoast where the moderated Mediterranean climate provides annual summer drought.

The term has also found its way into haute cuisine, suggestive of the resinous flavours of a garrigue shrubland.