What is French lavender?
[[File:Lavandula Madrid 07.JPG|right|200px]] The '''topped lavender''', also known as '''French lavender''', is a perennial shrub, that usually grows up to 30-100 centimetres. The leafs are 1-4 centimetres long, in a greyish tomentose tone. The flowers are pinkish, produced on spikes 2-3 centimetres long; each flower is subtended by a bract that is 4-8 millimetres long. At the top of the spike there are many other white or [[Lavender (color)|lavender]] bracts. Many subspecies exist in [[Spain]] and other countries nearby. ==Taxonomy== * ''L stoechas'' ssp. ''caesia'' Borja et Rivas Gadoy {{commons|Lavandula stoechas}} {{wikispecies|Lavandula stoechas}} [[Category:Lamiaceae]] {{biology-stub}}