Lavandula latifolia Medic.

Spice

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Lavandula

Catalan common name: Barballó. Espígol comú. Espígol de fulla ample. Espígol mascle. Espigoler.

Spanish common name: Alhucema. Espigón. Espliego. Lavanda.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): North Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Edible or foodstuffs. Medicinal. Perfumery.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Cultivated in gardens and sometimes casual.

Characteristics: A bush with leaves opposite, pubescent and narrow (5-8 mm.), ash green in colour. The inflorescence is terminal, very pedunculate and normally compositely branched by small flowers, pale violet in colour. The floral bracts are sublinear, not ovate as those of L. angustifolia.