Lavandula multifida

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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* L.

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lavandula multifida - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
^ "Lavandula multifida | Egyptian lavender Shrubs/RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
^ "Lavandula multifida (Fern Leaf Lavender)". My Mediterranean Garden. 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
^ "Lavandula multifida | Egyptian lavender Shrubs/RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
^ 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

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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