Lavandula angustifolia

Lavandula angustifolia
Common lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lavandula
Species:
L. angustifolia
Binomial name
Lavandula angustifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Lavandula officinalis Chaix ex Vill.
  • Lavandula pyrenaica DC.
  • Lavandula vera DC.

Lavandula angustifolia, formerly L. officinalis, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean (Spain, France, Italy, Croatia etc.). Its common names include lavender, true lavender and English lavender[2] (though it is not native to England); also garden lavender,[3] common lavender and narrow-leaved lavender.

  1. ^ a b "Lavandula angustifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Lavandula angustifolia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.