Lavandula pubescens Decne

Lavandula pubescens Decne

Lavandula pubescens Decne

General description:

Diagnostic description:

Lavandula pubescens Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, 2 : 246 (1834). Plate Lab. 8.
Arabic Name : Shau, Sanayb, Hashirah, Fariqa, Attan

Scientific Classification
kingdom:Plantae
Division:Tracheophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Subclass:Lamiidae
Order:Lamiales
Family:Lamiaceae
Genus and species:Lavandula pubescens Decne

Saudi Arabia : Asir.
Distribution : Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Habit: Much-branched, densely spreading-glandular pubescent, leafy shrub up to c. 1 m tall.

Leaves:Leaves petiolate, 2-pinnately, deeply dissected into short, oblong-linear lobules.

Inflorescences and Flowers :Flowers in dense, unbranched or paniculate terminal spikes composed of 2-flowered verticillasters.
Bracts shorter than calyx, ovate, acuminate, shorter than calyces.Calyx tubular, becoming ovoid in fruit, triangular-dentate, c. 5 - 6 mm long, teeth subequal, the upper tooth a little wider than others.
Corolla deep blue, the tube exerted, c. 2x the length of calyx,bent outwards above the calyx; limb rather bilabiate. Stigmas short, retuse

Fruit: Nutlets, dark brown, oblong, c.1.75 x1 mm, minutely tuberculate

Taxonomic name:

Lavandula pubescens Decne (Angiosperms)

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