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Lavandula stoechas (French lavender)

Synonyms: Lavandula stoechas f. macrostachya; Lavandula stoechas f. microstachya; Stoechas officinarum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Lavandula stoechas (French lavender, Spanish lavender, or topped lavender) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, occurring naturally in Mediterranean countries.
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Infraspecies

Lavandula stoechas luisieri
Lavandula stoechas maderensis
Lavandula stoechas stoechas

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Flower Color [2]  Violet
Dispersal Mode [5]  Hydrochory, Autochory
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees, Lepidoptera
Scent [3]  The leaves are aromatic.
Structure [3]  Shrub
Usage [3]  An essential oil is obtained from the flowers - used in soap making, perfumery, medicinally etc; When growing the plant for its essential oil content, it is best to harvest the flowering stems as soon as the flowers have faded; The aromatic leaves and flowers are used in pot-pourri, as an insect repellent in the linen cupboard etc; They are also used as a strewing herb in churches etc; The flowering stems, once the flowers have been removed for use in pot-pourri etc, can be tied in small bundles and burnt as incense sticks;
Height [3]  30 inches (0.75 m)
Width [3]  30 inches (0.75 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
LOS ALCORNOCALES 414561 Spain  
Monti Lepini 115954 Italy  
SIERRA DE ARACENA Y PICOS DE AROCHE 461592 Spain  
SIERRA PELADA Y RIVERA DEL ASERRADOR 30407 Spain  

Predators

Providers

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 5Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0