Family: Lamiaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Sparingly naturalized in New Zealand, Australia, and a few other locations
  
• Other Lavandula species have become weeds
  
• Unpalatable to deer and other browsing animals
  
• Tolerates many soil conditions (and potentially able to exploit many different habitat types)
  
• Spreads by gravity-dispersed seeds

Low Risk Traits:

• Despite ability to spread, no negative impacts have been documented
  
• Unarmed
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Landscaping, ornamental and medicinal value
  
• Source of essential oil
  
• Shade-intolerant (unlikely to invade forest understory)