Government Pavilion, C/ Padre Herrera s/n
P.O. Box 456
38200, San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Spain
Switchboard Tel.: (+34) 922 31 90 00
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Canary Islands Flora Garden
Lamiaceae
Lavandula buchii Webb
Matarrisco from Tenerife
A shrub highly branched from its base. Old stems grayish, young stems greenish-white and quadrangular. Leaves decussate (opposite and at a 180° angle to those of the preceding and following nodes), uni- or bipinnatisect, subsucculent, and grayish (very tomentose). Flowers with a purple bilabiate corolla arranged in terminal, candelabra-like spikes. Endemic to the island of Tenerife.
