Lavandin

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Lavandin
Lavandin

Lavandin

Systematics
Euasterids I
Order : Mint family (Lamiales)
Family : Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Subfamily : Nepetoideae
Genre : Lavender ( Lavandula )
Type : Lavandin
Scientific name
Lavandula × intermedia
Emeric ex Loisel

The Lavandin or hybrid lavender ( Lavandula x intermedia ) is a hybrid of the genus lavender ( Lavandula ) within the family of Labiatae (Lamiaceae). It originated as a natural cross between real lavender ( Lavandula angustifolia ) and broad-leaved lavender ( Lavandula latifolia ).

features

Lavandin grows as an evergreen subshrub with heights of 60 to 150 centimeters. The leaves are linear-lanceolate to spatulate, often very short gray-tomentose hairs. The inflorescence is branched, mostly loose-flowered and often somewhat interrupted. The bracts of the flowers are rhombic-ovate, the bracts one to four millimeters long. The calyx is thirteen-nerved, with round to oval tips. The corolla is purple to white in color and bilaterally symmetrical .

The flowering period extends from late June to September. Lavandin is a sterile hybrid, so it does not set any seeds even when fertilized.

Systematics

Lavandula × intermedia is a naturally occurring hybrid of real lavender ( Lavandula angustifolia ) and broad-leaved lavender ( Lavandula latifolia ). The name came from D. Emeric and the first description as Lavandula × intermedia was made by Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps in 1828 in Flora Gallica , Volume 2, page 19.

One can distinguish two taxa:

  • Lavandula × intermedia nothosubsp. intermedia = Lavandula angustifolia subsp. angustifolia × Lavandula latifolia : It occurs in southeastern France.
  • Lavandula × intermedia nothosubsp. leptostachya (Pau) Mateo & MBCrespo = Lavandula angustifolia subsp. pyrenaica × Lavandula latifolia (Syn .: Lavandula × leptostachya Pau ): It occurs from the Pyrenees to northeastern Spain.

use

Lavandin occurs as a primary hybrid wild, where both parent species are common, in Spain, France and Italy. Mostly it is grown as a cultivated plant, whereby numerous varieties and cultivars are known.

It is mainly used to extract fragrances and essential oils ( lavandin oil ), which are used to produce high-quality perfumes and soaps. The hybrid probably contains medicinal substances just like its two parent species.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Hänsel, Konstantin Keller, Horst Rimpler, Georg Schneider: Hager's handbook of pharmaceutical practice. Drugs E-O , 5th edition, Springer, 1993, ISBN 978-3-642-63427-7 , p. 637.
  2. ↑ a b c d Lavandula × intermedia. In: Plants For A Future. www.pfaf.org, accessed April 25, 2015 (English).
  3. ^ Tim Upson: The taxonomy of the genus Lavandula L. In: Maria Lis-Balchin (editor): Lavender. The genus Lavandula. Taylor & Francis, London / New York 2002, ISBN 0-415-28486-4 .
  4. ↑ Lavandula × intermedia at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed April 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b c Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Lavandula - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on January 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ Philipp Graf: Lavandin - Lavender is not the same as lavender , on: Tagesspiegel.de of August 1, 2014.

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