Herbarium specimen: Lavandula angustifolia x latifolia = L. x intermedia

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Lavandula angustifolia x latifolia = L. x intermedia Loisel. ("Hybrid Lavender")
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Lavandula angustifolia x latifolia = L. x intermedia Loisel. ("Hybrid Lavender")
Collected by:	Susyn Andrews
Collection date:	29/8/2001
Locality:	Cultivated Great Britain, VC28 West Norfolk, Norfolk Lavender, Heacham, TF685374, ex Mr & Mrs Hiscox.
Institution:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:	K001189772
Image: © Kew
collector's number:	1837
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers
notes:	3 ft x 4 ft untidy habit, lopsided. Young plant very blue-grey foliage, older plant silver grey. Peduncles purple/bright green margins with dark green centres, 30-40 cm long; no branching. Spike pointed in bud, blunt ended and dense when mature. Bracts dark brown. Calyx more purple on one side of spike than the rest, 79A overlaid with silver above, sage green beneath. Corolla 90B/C. Aroma pleasant.

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Documented by johned on 29^th November 2015.

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