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Common Lavender
Common Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
10-15 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Mediterranean shrubland
Range
Mediterranean Europe
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

An aromatic Mediterranean shrub with slender grey-green leaves and tall purple flower spikes prized for their oil. Its scent is so persistent that fields can be smelled from kilometres downwind during peak bloom.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Lavandula
Species
Lavandula angustifolia