Lavandula pedunculata

Species of plant

Lavandula pedunculata

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

L. pedunculata

Binomial name
Lavandula pedunculata

(Mill.) Cav.

Synonyms[1]

* Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata (Mill.) Samp. ex Rozeira
* Lavandula stoechas var. pedunculata (Mill.) Lundmark
* Stoechas pedunculata Mill.

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]

## Description

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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]

## Subspecies

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There are five subspecies of L. pedunculata:[6]

* Lavandula pedunculata subsp. atlantica (Braun-Blanq.) Romo
* Lavandula pedunculata subsp. cariensis (Boiss.) Upson & S.Andrews
* Lavandula pedunculata subsp. lusitanica (Chaytor) Franco
* Lavandula pedunculata subsp. pedunculata
* Lavandula pedunculata subsp. sampaiana (Rozeira) Franco

## References

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1. ^ "The Plant List".
2. ^ Titchmarsh, Alan (2015-05-24). "Alan Titchmarsh's tips on growing lavender in your garden". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
3. ^ a b "Royal Horticultural Society Plant Selector".
4. ^ Scalera, Sally. "Lavender is a lovely garden addition to try this May". Florida Today. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
5. ^ "Lavandula pedunculata subsp. pedunculata | French lavender Shrubs/RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
6. ^ "Lavandula pedunculata (Mill.) Cav". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.

Taxon identifiers

Lavandula pedunculata|

* Wikidata: Q4251970
* Wikispecies: Lavandula pedunculata
* APDB: 144135
* CoL: 3SNF5
* EPPO: LAVSP
* EUNIS: 173830
* GBIF: 7307760
* GRIN: 453715
* iNaturalist: 83004
* IPNI: 449070-1
* NCBI: 1343916
* NZOR: e73302db-8dc5-47ce-8def-ca5a450af09e
* Open Tree of Life: 5232608
* Plant List: kew-109059
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449070-1
* Tropicos: 17603526
* WFO: wfo-0000224207

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