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Lavandula stoechas
A perennial shrub, it usually grows to 30–100 cm tall and wide. The leaves are 1–4 cm long, greyish and tomentose. The flowers are pinkish-purple (lavender-colored), produced on spikes 2–3 cm long at the top of slender, leafless stems 10–30 cm long; each flower is subtended by a bract 4–8 mm long. At the top of the spike are a number of much larger, sterile bracts (no flowers between them), 10–50 mm long and bright lavender purple (rarely white).
My yard and botanical garden.
Spotted on Apr 1, 2012
Submitted on Apr 2, 2012
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