Wild Lavender
by Lainie Wrightson
Title
Wild Lavender
Artist
Lainie Wrightson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Lavandula (common name Lavender) is a genus of 39 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, southern Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to southeast India. Many members of the genus are cultivated extensively in temperate climates as ornamental plants for garden and landscape use, for use as culinary herbs, and also commercially for the extraction of essential oils. The most widely cultivated species, Lavandula angustifolia is often referred to as lavender, and there is a colour named for the shade of the flowers of this species. - Wikipedia
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May 1st, 2013
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Comments (7)
Jenny Rainbow
Amazing and soft close up of lavender, I even first didnt recognized the plant here! :-) Wonderful light rendition, Lainie!
Lainie Wrightson replied:
Jenny, thank so much for your lovely comment. Yes, the wild lavender looks quite a bit different then what we typically see in French or English varieties. Thanks again:)