Friday, December 6, 2024

Lavandula Dentata

 

This purplish-blue flower is fragrant

Also known as “French lavender”

It’s family: LAMIACEAE/ LABIATAE

It grows best in mild climates,

In southwest Morocco, for example

It’s origin is Europe, its flower…

Bilabiate in verticillasters

Topped with petal-like bracts, 1½”

 

Its leaves…

Opposite one another, simple, 1-1½”

Linear oblong, obtuse, revolute;


Tomentose—its fruit…

Four glabrous nutlets.

Grows 1-3’ high in full sun,

In loose, well-drained soil, relatively

Free of pests, diseases; its saw-

Toothed leaves used in bathing.

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