Lamiaceae
Lavandula

Lavandula galgalloensis A.G.Mill.

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 515 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Somalia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
N3, “Galgallo”, Bally & Melville 15821 (K holo., C UPS iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Perennial aromatic herb with woody base, 0.3–0.6 m tall; stems 4-angled, ascending
Morphology Leaves
Leaves pinnatifid with apically obtuse to acute sometimes serrate segments, oblong to obovate or ovate in outline, up to 6–50 × 3–30 mm, sparsely lanate with long branched hairs and often also simple hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Spikes dense to rather lax, up to 20–40 mm long; bracts ovate, 5–7 × c. 2 mm, longer than or as long as the calyx, with parallel veins, apex long-attenuate, spinescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 5.5–6 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla c. 12 mm long, lilac. Nutlets oblong, 1.2–1.3 × 0.7–0.8 mm, minutely bullate or smooth, producing mucilage when wet, areole c. 0.25 times as long as the nutlet.
Distribution
N2, 3 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 1000–1900 m.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0