Shrub to 2 m tall, becoming leggy. Leaves to about 10 cm long, surface with a whitehairy felt, although the colour slightly variable. Flower spikes to about 8 cm long, often branched at the base or with several spikes in a terminal cluster. Bracts lanceolate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx 15-nerved, sometimes suffused with purple. Petals about 1 cm long, mauve; summer through to winter.

Madeira, Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gomera)

Source: Spencer, R.; Holmes, R.; McNaughton, V. (2002). Lavandula. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.