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Herbarium specimen: Lavandula angustifolia

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Lavandula angustifolia Mill. ("Garden Lavender")
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Lavandula angustifolia Mill. ("Garden Lavender")
Collected by:Susyn Andrews
Collection date:24/6/2002
Locality:Cultivated Great Britain, VC16 West Kent, Downderry Nursery, Hadlow, TQ625522, ex ? cv. 'Little Lottie'.
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K001189472
Image:
© Kew
Lavandula angustifolia herbarium specimen from Downderry Nursery, Hadlow, VC16 West Kent in 2002 by Susyn Andrews.
collector's number:1860
notes:33" x 66", erect, tidey bushes becoming sprawly with age. Foliage bright green, overall look green-grey. Peduncles dark green with paler margins, a bit wavy, more so when older. Spikes long and dense. Bracts dark brown. Calyx practically all sage green with a faint hint of purple at apex. Corolla 76C flushed 76A. Quite fragrant.

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+Lavandula angustifoliaGB, VC16 West Kent, Downderry Nursery, Hadlow CultivatedSusyn Andrews24/6/2002K
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+Lavandula angustifoliaGB, VC16 West Kent, Downderry Nursery, Hadlow CultivatedSusyn Andrews24/6/2002K

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