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Lavandula angustifolia, the Glossary

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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 (though it is not native to England); also garden lavender, common lavender and narrow-leaved lavender.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 33 relations: Alkali soil, Aromatherapy, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Award of Garden Merit, Combustibility and flammability, Cultivar, Dominique Villars, Evergreen, Family (biology), Flowering plant, Gertrude Jekyll, Hardiness zone, Herbal medicine, Herbes de Provence, Hidcote Manor Garden, Lamiaceae, Lavandula, Lavandula latifolia, Lavender oil, Lawrence W. Johnston, Leaf, Massage, Mediterranean climate, Munstead Wood, Officinalis, Ornamental plant, Philip Miller, Royal Horticultural Society, Shrub, Species, Tasmania, United States Department of Agriculture, Xeriscaping.

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Alkali soil

Alkali, or Alkaline, soils are clay soils with high pH (greater than 8.5), a poor soil structure and a low infiltration capacity.

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Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is a practice based on the use of aromatic materials, including essential oils and other aroma compounds, with claims for improving psychological well-being.

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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist.

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Award of Garden Merit

The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

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Combustibility and flammability

A combustible material is a material that can burn (i.e., sustain a flame) in air under certain conditions.

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Cultivar

A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.

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Dominique Villars

Dominique Villars or Villar (born 14 November 1745 in Le Villard, part of the commune of Le Noyer, Hautes-Alpes, and died on 26 June 1814 in Strasbourg) was an 18th-century French botanist.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Flowering plant

Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.

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Gertrude Jekyll

Gertrude Jekyll (29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist.

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Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants.

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Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine (also called herbalism, phytomedicine or phytotherapy) is the study of pharmacognosy and the use of medicinal plants, which are a basis of traditional medicine.

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Herbes de Provence

Herbes de Provence (èrbas de Provença) is a mixture of dried herbs considered typical of the Provence region of southeastern France. Lavandula angustifolia and Herbes de Provence are herbs.

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Hidcote Manor Garden

Hidcote Manor Garden is a garden in the United Kingdom, located at the village of Hidcote Bartrim, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.

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Lamiaceae

The Lamiaceae or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family.

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Lavandula

Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the mints family, Lamiaceae. Lavandula angustifolia and Lavandula are herbs.

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Lavandula latifolia

Lavandula latifolia, known as broadleaved lavender, spike lavender, aspic lavender or Portuguese lavender, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the western Mediterranean region, from central Portugal to northern Italy (Liguria) through Spain and southern France. Lavandula angustifolia and Lavandula latifolia are Flora of Spain, Flora of the Mediterranean Basin, herbs, Lavandula and medicinal plants.

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Lavender oil

Lavender oil is an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flower spikes of certain species of lavender.

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Lawrence W. Johnston

Major Lawrence Waterbury Johnston (12 October 1871–27 April 1958) was a British garden designer and plantsman.

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Leaf

A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.

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Massage

Massage is the rubbing or kneading of the body's soft tissues.

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Mediterranean climate

A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).

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Munstead Wood

Munstead Wood is a Grade I listed house and garden in Munstead Heath, Busbridge, on the boundary of the town of Godalming in Surrey, England, south-east of the town centre.

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Officinalis

Officinalis, or officinale, is a Medieval Latin epithet denoting organisms—mainly plants—with uses in medicine, herbalism and cookery.

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Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space.

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Philip Miller

Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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Xeriscaping

Xeriscaping is the process of landscaping, or gardening, that reduces or eliminates the need for irrigation.

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See also

Lavandula

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavandula_angustifolia

Also known as Common Lavender, Dutch Lavender, English Lavender, Garden Lavender, Lavandula Hidcote, Lavandula augustifolia, Lavandula officinalis, Lavandula spica, Lavandula vera, Lavendin, True lavender.