Biology:Lavandula dentata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Lavandula dentata
Lavandula dentata1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lavandula
Species:
L. dentata
Binomial name
Lavandula dentata
Synonyms

Lavandula pinnata
Lavandula santolinifolia

Lavandula dentata, the fringed lavender or French lavender, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean basin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen, and the Arabian peninsula.[1] Growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall, it has gray-green, linear or lance-shaped leaves with toothed edges and a lightly woolly texture.[2] The long-lasting, narrow spikes of purple flowers, topped with pale violet bracts, first appear in late spring. The whole plant is strongly aromatic with the typical lavender fragrance.[3]

Its native habitat includes low hills with limestone substrates amidst other shrubs. It is present on Madeira and the Canary Islands.[4]

One of several species known by the English common name French lavender (see also Lavandula stoechas),[3] it is commonly grown as an ornamental plant and its essential oil is used in perfumes.[5] Like other lavenders, it is particularly associated with dry, sunny, well-drained conditions in alkaline soil. But it will tolerate a range of conditions, though it may be short-lived. The cultivar L. dentata var. dentata 'Royal Crown' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6][7] It requires some shelter in frost-prone areas.

Gallery

  • Woolly leave texture
  • Toothed leaves
  • Purple flowers

References

  1. ↑ "Lavandula dentata". Plants Of the World Online. 2023. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449031-1. 
  2. ↑ Bayer, E.; Buttler; Finkenzeller; Grau (1989). Plantas del Mediterráneo. Barcelona: Blume. ISBN 84-7031-629-X. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965. 
  4. ↑ López González, Ginés A. (2007). Madrid:Mundi-Prensa. ed. Guía de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Ibérica y Baleares. ISBN 978-84-8476-312-3. 
  5. ↑ "FAO". http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView?id=7174. 
  6. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Lavandula dentata var. dentata 'Royal Crown'". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/108219/Lavandula-dentata-var-dentata-Royal-Crown/Details. 
  7. ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 59. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1450735 entry



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