Broadleaved Lavender (Lavandula latifolia)
Description
Lavandula latifolia is a strongly aromatic shrub growing to 30-80 cm tall. The leaves are evergreen, 3-6 cm long and 5-8 mm broad.The flowers are pale lilac, produced on spikes 2-5 cm long at the top of slender, leafless stems 20-50 cm long. Flowers from June to September depending on weather. The fruit is a nut, indehiscent, monosperm of hardened pericarp. It consists of 4 small nuts which often remain locked inside the calyx tube. Grows from 0 to 1,700 m amsl.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Lamiaceae
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Genus: Lavandula
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