Aromatic woody perennial shrub to over 2 m tall. Leaves to 14 cm long, 7 cm wide, elliptic to ovate, margins saw-toothed, tip pointed, stalks to 3 cm long. Flowers in open or crowded clusters, often forming a terminal tuft of bracts. Corolla green, yellow or white.
India, Africa
An extract is used as an insecticide.
Source: (2002). Lavandula. In: . 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.
