Lavandula multifida

Species of plant

Lavandula multifida

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Lamiaceae
Genus:  | Lavandula
Species:  |

L. multifida

Binomial name
Lavandula multifida

Lavandula multifida, the fernleaf lavender[1] or Egyptian lavender,[2] is a small plant, sometimes a shrub, native to the southern regions of the Mediterranean, including Iberia, Sicily, Northwest Africa and the Canary Islands.

The plant grows up to 24 in (61 cm) tall.[1] The stems are grey and woolly. Leaves are fernlike, double pinnate and silver to green in colour.[1] Dark blue or violet flowers may be either single or three-pronged,[3] and are borne on long stems held above the foliage.

L. multifida is grown both as a herb and as an ornamental plant. Foliage is aromatic, but it has been noted that the scent is closer to that of oregano than to other kinds of lavender.[4] In cooler latitudes it is killed by winter frost, but can be grown as an annual. Cultivars include 'Spanish Eyes'.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Lavandula multifida - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
2. ^ "Lavandula multifida | Egyptian lavender Shrubs/RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
3. ^ "Lavandula multifida (Fern Leaf Lavender)". My Mediterranean Garden. 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
4. ^ "Lavandula multifida | Egyptian lavender Shrubs/RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
5. ^ Lemke, Cal (October 2006). "Lavandula multifida 'Spanish Eyes'". Cal's Plant of the Week. University of Oklahoma Department of Botany & Microbiology. Retrieved 2009-08-26.

## External links

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* Mediterranean Plants Identification and Distribution from the University of Reading
* University of Oklahoma Department of Botany & Microbiology
* The University of Reading

Taxon identifiers

Lavandula multifida|

* Wikidata: Q941807
* Wikispecies: Lavandula multifida
* APDB: 144129
* APNI: 231894
* CoL: 6P483
* EoL: 5369193
* EPPO: LAVMU
* EUNIS: 174727
* GBIF: 3891203
* GRIN: 21682
* iNaturalist: 82918
* IPNI: 449064-1
* MoBotPF: 281617
* NCBI: 260634
* NZOR: 3aaf6351-2701-4074-9f82-aa1bea6b1e8e
* Observation.org: 135017
* Open Tree of Life: 879752
* PFI: 4664
* Plant List: kew-109049
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449064-1
* RHS: 25423
* Tropicos: 17604982
* WFO: wfo-0000224197

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