Lavandulaangustifolia(lavenderorEnglishlavender,thoughnotnativetoEngland;alsocommonlavender,truelavender,narrow-leavedlavender),formerlyL.officinalis,isafloweringplantinthefamilyLamiaceae,nativetothewesternMediterranean,primarilythePyreneesandothermountainsinnorthernSpain.Lavandulaangustifoliaisoftenreferredtoaslavender.Lavandula(commonnameLavender)isagenusof39speciesoffloweringplantsinthemintfamily,Lamiaceae.ThespeciesnameangustifoliaisLatinfor"narrowleaf". 　　Lavandulaangustifolia（别称普通薰衣草,真薰衣草,狭叶薰衣草,英国薰衣草,但并非原产于英国）原产于西地中海地区的比利牛斯山和其他的西班牙北部山区.西方通常指的薰衣草(lavender)就是这种薰衣草.Lavandula是39种唇形花科植物的名字,angustifolia是拉丁语狭叶的意思.（综合维基百科） 　　Bushyandverysmallplantwithdensegrey-greenfoliage.Corollasarewhite,calycesaregreen. 　　非常繁茂和小巧的植株,带有紧凑的灰绿色叶子.花冠是白色的,花萼是绿色的. 　　Classicpastelpinklavender,introducedinthe1930's,withgreenratherthangray-greenleaves.Mediumsizedanduprightwithdensefoliage.Lightpinkflowers.Corollasarelightpink,calycesaregreen.Highlyfragrantwhentouched.Goodcoldresistance. 　　经典的水粉色薰衣草,于20世纪30年代引入.叶子不是灰绿色而是绿色的.中等大小,直立性好,紧凑.花萼是绿色的.当被触碰时会相当芬芳.耐寒. 　　Lavandin 　　Theprimarydifferencebetweenlavandinandlavenderisthattheformerisnotatruelavender.ItisacrossbetweenL.angustifolia,commonlyknownasEnglishlavender,andL.latifolia,orspikelavender,whichisreferredtoasFrenchlavendersinceFranceisthelargestproducer.Theflowersofthishybridyieldanessentialoilcalledspikelavenderoil.WhilethisoildoeshavesomesimilarpropertiestotheoilobtainedfromEnglishlavender,ithasadifferentchemicalcompositionand,therefore,differentcharacteristics.Someofthedifferencesbetweenthetwospeciesare:Aswithourhorse&mule,therearevisualdifferences.Thelavandintendstobealargerplantwithlonger,larger,morepointedflowerspikes.Youoftengetlateralshootsupthestemswithadditional,smallerflowerspikes.Thelavandingenerallyflowerslaterthantheangustifolia.BeingadifferentspeciesitisnosurprisethatlavandinoilisdifferentfromL.angustifoliaoil.Thereismuchincommonbutonekeydifferenceisthatlavandintypicallycontainsabout7-ish%ofcamphor.Camphorhasastrong,penetratingscentandgivesthelavandinabitmoreofagutsy,medicinalscent,andiscertainlylessrefined,lesssweet-floralastheangustifoliaoil.Somepeoplepreferit,butmostdon’t.Isupposethatthisfragrancedifferenceisonereasonwhypeople“lookdowntheirnose”atlavandin–insomewayssimilarinourhorse/muleanalogy!Ihaverecentlyreadaboutlavandinoilcausingburnstoskinbecauseofthecamphor.IhavetosaythatIhaveneverheardthisbeforeandaninternetsearchofthepropertiesofcamphordidnotrevealanyparticularriskofburns,thoughitdoesgivea“coolingeffect”thatmakestheskintingle.Lavandinproducesmoreoilthanangustifolia.ThesameweightoflavandinflowersasL.angustifoliaflowers(fromroughlythesameacreageandroughlythesameamountofwork)producesthreetimesmorelavandinoil.Itisthereforenosurprisethatlavandinoilismuchcheaper.Inmanypeople’seyescheaper=poorerquality.Itisn’t.It’sjustadifferentquality.Becauseitischeaper,lavandindoestendtobeusedbyperfumersincheaperperfumes(soaps,detergents,air-freshenersetc),becau