Re: Lavandin vs. L. angustifolia
- Subject: Re: Lavandin vs. L. angustifolia
- From: d* f*
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 15:32:39 -0700 (PDT)
John or Olivier,
Thanks for the info, could either of you help me out
with easy ways to distinguish between L. pinnata and
L. multifida, which I always seem to have a hard time
remembering which is which. I think it is L. pinnata
var. buchii which is one of my favorite almost
everblooming lavenders, unfortunately not fragrant as
most, but a great color accent. Or is it L. multifida
that I am thinking of? Don't they both have similar
foliage and branched deep purple flower spikes?
--- John MacGregor <jonivy@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Olivier's summary is very good, but he left out a
> key character for
> recognition. The leaves of Lavandula angustifolia
> are always four-ranked,
> meaning that each successive pair of leaves is
> attached at 90-degree angles
> from the ones below, so that the view of the top of
> a shoot forms a cross,
> with pairs of leaves alternating on different sides
> of the square stem. The
> leaves of L. latifolia are whorled. Leaves of their
> hybrids, L. X
> intermedia (the lavandins) are all whorled.
> >> Not with dentations but with finely cut feathery
> >> foliage you also have the moroccon and canarian
> >> species, L. multifida, L. pinnata, L. minutolii,
> L.
> >> canariensis, and L. buchii (all beautiful but
> very
> >> tender).
>
>
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