Lavandula dentata

Species of flowering plant

Lavandula dentata

Scientific classification
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

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* Woolly leaf texture

* Toothed leaves

* Purple flowers

## References

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1. ^ "Lavandula dentata". Plants Of the World Online. 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
2. ^ Bayer, E.; Buttler; Finkenzeller; Grau (1989). Plantas del Mediterráneo. Barcelona: Blume. ISBN 84-7031-629-X.
3. ^ a b RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 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. Ediciones Mundi-Prensa. ISBN 978-84-8476-312-3.
5. ^ "FAO". Archived from the original on 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
6. ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Lavandula dentata var. dentata 'Royal Crown'". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
7. ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 59. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

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Taxon identifiers

Lavandula dentata|

* Wikidata: Q1450735
* Wikispecies: Lavandula dentata
* APDB: 117813
* APNI: 87901
* CoL: 3SNDP
* Ecocrop: 7174
* eFloraSA: Lavandula_dentata
* EoL: 3013094
* EPPO: LAVDE
* EUNIS: 174726
* FloraBase: 6878
* FoIO: LAVDEN
* GBIF: 7307829
* GRIN: 21678
* iNaturalist: 71134
* IPNI: 449031-1
* ISC: 115170
* NCBI: 1441374
* NZOR: 891e6967-62f8-4b01-84a4-804e0d90a503
* NZPCN: 3382
* Observation.org: 119261
* Open Tree of Life: 5800970
* PfaF: Lavandula dentata
* PFI: 4661
* Plant List: kew-109005
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449031-1
* RHS: 77547
* Tropicos: 17603649
* VicFlora: 4a6422a5-3ec7-417b-9d48-52803c852c5f
* WFO: wfo-0000224153