page_title: Lavandula angustifolia
section_title: Growth
hierarchical_section_title: Lavandula angustifolia / Growth
caption_attribution_description: English: Lavender (Lavendula Angustifolia) Deutsch: Lavendel (Lavendula Angustifolia)
context_page_description: Lavandula angustifolia, formerly L. officinalis, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean.
context_section_description: It is a strongly aromatic shrub growing as high as 1 to 2 metres (3.3 to 6.6 ft) tall. The leaves are evergreen,  2–6 centimetres (0.79–2.36 in) long, and 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in)  broad. The flowers are pinkish-purple (lavender-coloured), produced on spikes 2–8 cm (0.79–3.15 in)  long at the top of slender, leafless stems 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) long.
caption: Corolla (petals)
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