Lavandula coronopifolia is a scentless desert lavender. It has delicate bluish flowers that occur only in rainy years. In dry years this perennial plant is reduced to its base, surviving very long dry times.
This desert lavander is beautiful in bloom, covered with pale blue flowers. Most of the year though it looks like a dry twig. It is not scented like most other lavanders. It is common in S Jordan, S Israel and southwards along the Red Sea in Egypt and Saudi-Arabia.
This is one of the two desert lavanders growing in Israel. Its leaves are pleasantly scented. I found this last lfowering stem on a small shrub in the northern Dead Sea area. The rest of the shrub was completely dry, waiting for the autumn rains that normally come in November.
This common Medoiterranean shrublet reaches its eastern range in Israel. Locally it is very rare and endangered. "Our" plants tend to be taller than others.
