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Lavandula nimmoi
Socotran lavender is a small, drought-adapted subshrub from the desert island of Socotra, Yemen, with fine-haired foliage and blue to lilac flower spikes. It needs very dry, sunny conditions and sharp drainage to survive in cultivation.
Lavandula nimmoi (Socotran lavender) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen, where it grows primarily in desert areas and dry shrubland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lavandula nimmoi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
