what is lavender
Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 39 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to southeast India.avandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 39 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.