| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Lavandula pubescens Decne. | |
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.
Description
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.
Distribution and habitat
The native range of L. pubescens is the south-eastern Mediterranean to the western Arabian Peninsula. It grows mostly in desert or dry shrubland.
Medicinal usage
Lavandula pubescens is one of five Lavandula species growing wild in Yemen. The plant is used in Yemeni traditional medicine, where it is believed to have sedative, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-depressive, anti-amnesia, and anti-obesity properties.
References
- ^ "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.
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| Lavandula pubescens |
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