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Lavandula stoechas L.


Lavandula stoechas L.
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Copyright: Francisco xuaxo TrekEarth (xuaxo) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 24 W: 0 N: 16] (112)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-03-15
Categories: Flowers
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Dressed in Pink [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-11-18 16:11
Viewed: 1398
Points: 0
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Lavandula stoechas (?) (French Lavender, Stoechas Lavender, Topped Lavender, Stickadove) occurs naturally in the Mediterranean region. A perennial shrub, it usually grows to 30-100 cm tall and wide. The leaves are 1-4 cm long, greyish tomentose. The flowers are pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), 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).
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lavandula
Species: L. stoechas
Binomial name: Lavandula stoechas L.
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Em português: rosmaninho, rosmano, alecrim, arçã, arçanha.
En castellano: cantueso, tomillo borriquero.
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  • anavazao Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 985 W: 0 N: 252] (3829)
  • [2006-12-01 13:45]

Olá gosto das cores e da perspectiva acho que até está nitida! Fica bem Ana:)

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