Lavandula pubescens
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Lavandula |
| Species: | L. pubescens
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Lavandula pubescens, the downy lavender, is a species of flowering, aromatic herbaceous shrub in the family Lamiaceae. Its native range is from the SE. Mediterranean to the Western Arabian Peninsula.[1]
Description
[edit]Lavandula pubescens is an erect, branching, fragrant perennial herb, with slender, square, hairy stems. Leaves are broad, bipinnate, with linear segments. Panicles are long and slender, with 2-flowered whorls. Bracts are ovate, measuring about 1mm in length. The calyx is the same length as the bract; teeth are small, deltoid. The corolla-tube is a little longer than the calyx.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The native range of L. pubescens is the south-eastern Mediterranean to the western Arabian Peninsula. It grows mostly in desert or dry shrubland.[1]
Medicinal usage
[edit]Lavandula pubescens is one of five Lavandula species growing wild in Yemen. The plant is used in Yemeni traditional medicine,[3] where it is believed to have sedative, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-depressive, anti-amnesia, and anti-obesity properties.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lavandula pubescens Decne". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "Global plants". September 16, 2024.
- ^ Al-Badani, Rowaida N.; Da Silva, Joyce Kelly R.; Setzer, William N.; Awadh Ali, Nasser A.; Muharam, Bushra A.; Al-Fahad, Ahmed J. A. (March 11, 2017). "Variations in Essential Oil Compositions of Lavandula pubescens (Lamiaceae) Aerial Parts Growing Wild in Yemen". Chemistry & Biodiversity. 14 (3). doi:10.1002/cbdv.201600286. ISSN 1612-1880. PMID 27701813.
- ^ Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S.; Abu-Zaitoun, Salam Y.; Dudai, Nativ; Jamous, Rana M. (January 15, 2020). Hunyadi, Attila (ed.). "Downy Lavender Oil: A Promising Source of Antimicrobial, Antiobesity, and Anti‐Alzheimer's Disease Agents". Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2020 (1). doi:10.1155/2020/5679408. ISSN 1741-427X. PMC 7029260. PMID 32089724.