Lavandula canariensis | |
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In habitat, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Lavandula |
Species: | L. canariensis
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Binomial name | |
Lavandula canariensis |
Lavandula canariensis (common name, Canary Island lavender) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Canary Islands. [3] It was first described by Philip Miller in 1768. [1] [2]
Lavandula canariensis is a half-hardy, woody, evergreen shrub. Leaves are bipinnate, rich green, [4] and covered in fine, downy hairs. Flowers come in spikes of small, fragrant blue, opening from dark purple buds, and borne on branching stems in summer. [5]