Lavandula latifolia

Tags: Flowering Plant.

Lavandula latifolia known as Spike lavender or Portuguese lavender is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae native to the western Mediterranean region from central Portugal to northern Italy (Liguria) through Spain and southern France. Hybridization can occur in the wild with English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).The scent of Lavandula latifolia is stronger with more camphor and more pungent than Lavandula angustifolia scent.

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binomial authority

Friedrich Kasimir Medikus

class

Magnoliopsida

division

Flowering plant

family

Lamiaceae

genus

Lavandula

kingdom

Plant

order

Lamiales

synonym

* Lavandula cladophora Gand.., * Lavandula decipiens Gand. [1875], * Lavandula erigens Jord. & Fourr. [1868], * Lavandula guinandii Gand. [1875], * Lavandula inclinans Jord. & Fourr. [1868], * Lavandula interrupta Jord. & Fourr. [1868], * Lavandula latifolia var. tomentosa Briq. [1895], * Lavandula latifolia var. erigens (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy [1909], * http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/BDNFF/4.02/nn/38095/synonymie, * Nard rustique italien Panckoucke Dictionnaire des sciences médicales vol. 35 [1819], * Lavandula spica subsp. latifolia Bonnier & Layens [1894]