Scientific name: Limonium sinuatum (L.) Miller Synonym name: Statice sinuata L. Common name: Cut-Leaf Sea-Lavender Hebrew name: עדעד כחול Arabic name: العويذران المتعرج Family: Plumbaginaceae, עפריתיי...
Lavender (Latin scientific name: Lavandula angustifolia Mill.), also known as perfume plant, spirit vanilla, vanilla and yellow vanilla, belongs to labiatae, and it is a small shrub. Lavender is wild in the southern foothills of the Alps along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in France and...
Common name in other languages: General aspect of lavender. It can be found in dry calcareous places either in the wild or as a decorative plant. Scientific name: Lavandula officinalis Chaix, Lavandula spica DC., Lavandula latifolia (L.) Vill., Lavandula side DC., Lavandula angustifolia Miller...
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia, formerly known asLavandula officinalis) belongs to theLamiaceaefamily, and it is thus linked to over7,200 speciesof primarily aromatic herbs, includingbasil(Ocimum basilicum),rosemary(Rosmarinus officinalis),sage(Salvia officinalis),thyme(Thymus vulgaris), andoregano(Origan...
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Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 sea′ lav`ender n. an Old World maritime plant of the genusLimonium,of the leadwort family. Also calledstatice. ...
Throughout this article the orders or families are given, usually parenthetically, following the vernacular or scientific name of a plant. Following taxonomic conventions, genera and species are italicized. The higher taxa are readily identified by their suffixes: families end in -aceae and orders ...
Because lavender may cause sleepiness, there is also concern that it could interact with sedatives and other medications that lead to drowsiness. However, this interaction has not been officially reported in any scientific studies. There also is concern that lavender may cause hypotension (low bloo...
One of the most popular medicinal herbs since ancient times, its name is derived from the Latinlavare, meaning to wash. The Greeks and Romans were fond of it in their bath water. Since ancient times, the oil has been used to kill lice and fleas and as an embalming fluid. ...
There are more articles than anyone can read about how terrible it is that certain groups of people are just so unfortunate. We are filling pages and vats of tears over how bad we feel for these poor souls but very few people name the problems or identify the root causes. Writing for Ma...