Lavandula pedunculata | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Lavandula |
Species: | L. pedunculata
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Binomial name | |
Lavandula pedunculata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Lavandula pedunculata, commonly called Spanish Lavender [2] or French lavender, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is known for the tuft of two or three butterfly-like, narrow petals that emerge from the top of its ovoid head. L. pedunculata is native to Iberia, Morocco and western Turkey. [3]
L. pedunculata is a bushy evergreen shrub with narrow, grey-green, aromatic leaves [4] and small dark-purple flowers in long-stalked, dense heads tipped with large purple bracts. [5]
There are five subspecies of L. pedunculata: [6]