Lavandula descends from the Latin lavare
and this is the part most people miss on hearing the words tea-oil camellia
and other moisture-lovers
butterfly weed carries no milky sap and grows from a deep taproot that loves heat
and later work by Adams and Robson moved the species into Hypericum
Hypericum nudiflorum 26/2 Restock Lavandula descends from the LatinHypericum nudiflorum is the early riser among the St. John's Worts, a slender, upright shrub that opens golden flowers as early as May, often a full month ahead of relatives. The blooms carry the many stamened brush typical of the clan, set against broad, light green, oval leaves that give the plant a softer, leafier look than the needle leaved species. The epithet nudiflorum, naked flowered, points to the way the airy flower clusters stand clear on