Mexican Lavender
Bursera penicillata
Also known as Mexican Linaloe
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About Mexican Lavender
Bursera penicillata is a Mexican species of trees in the frankincense family in the soapwood order. It is widespread in much of Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua to Oaxaca and Veracruz. Bursera penicillata is a small tree. Leaves are pinnately compound with 7-9 leaflets.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bursera penicillata
- Genus
- Bursera
- Family
- BURSERACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Often cultivated
- Native to
- Mexico
- Distribution
- Introduced elsewhere
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Burseraceae
Bursera Family
Mexican Lavender belongs to the Burseraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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