We cannot mention the name of true lavender (Lavandula angustifola ssp. angustifola (syn. lavendula vera, L. officinalis), without thinking about immense exquisitely blue fields.
Rare are the words that have such an evocative power as this shrub of fifty to seventy centimetres of the Lamiaceae family, which loves air, space, light and heat.
Main aromatic molecules: Terpene esters (linalyl acetate and lavandulyl acetate), monoterpenols (linalool and lavandulool).
Family: Lamiaceae.
Producing organs: Flowering tops.
Yield: 1.3kg of essential oil for 100kg of flowers.
Equivalence: 1ml → 31 drops (dosage calculated for a calibrated dropper European Pharmacopoeia).
