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Accession Data:

Lavandula angustifolia Mill.

  • Common Name: Common Lavender, English Lavendar
  • Family: Lamiaceae Lindl.

  • Country of Origin: NE. Spain to Italy

  • Description: This dense, bushy subshrub is not native to England despite its English common name, but comes from the Mediterranean region of southern Europe. It grows to about 3 ft (1 m) tall though usually lower, with narrow, furry gray leaves. It is grown mainly for the long-stemmed heads of purple, scented flowers that appear in spring and through the warm months; these are easily dried for lavender sachets, potpourri and the like. It makes an attractive low hedge and can be trimmed after flowering.3
  • Culture: Dry between watering, prefers neutral to alkaline soils.
  • USDA Zone: 5

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501273
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2101 - MED:Mediterranean A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 06-24-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • SubFamily: Nepetoideae
  • Tribe: Ocimeae
  • SubTribe: Lavandulinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2024
2023
2022
2021
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2016
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2005

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: France / Spain / Italy /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, January 06, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, January 06, 2017.
  3. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version

data regenerated on Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:28:25 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Lamioideae
Tribe Pogostemoneae

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Subfamily Lamioideae
Tribe Stachydeae

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Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae

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  • Menthinae: Thymus kotschyanus
  • Prunellinae: Prunella grandiflora
  • Salviinae: Rosmarinus officinalis
  • Salviinae: Salvia discolor
  • Salviinae: Salvia microphylla
  • Salviinae: Salvia officinalis
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Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Ocimeae

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  • Lavandulinae: Lavandula dentata
  • Ociminae: Ocimum tenuiflorum
  • Plectranthinae: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Plectranthinae: Coleus scutellarioides
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Subfamily Prostantheroideae
Tribe Westringieae

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Subfamily Scutellarioideae

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  • Scutellaria alpina
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Subfamily Viticoideae

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W/C = Wild Collected
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