Spike lavander EO Organic
Origin: Spain
Product range : Essential Oils
Process : Water steam distillation process
Part used : Flowering top
Aspect : Transparent
Color : Yellow Orange
Application : Aromatherapy, Fragrance
Geographical origin : Spain
- Details and product descriptionIntroduction:
No subspecies, no varieties, no chemotypes. According to Rollet, the different "forma" are in France: - tomentosa (Grasse) - inclinans (Aix-en-Provence) - erigens or interrupta (Beziers) It is a sub-shrub to 40-80 cm high, with curved woody stems. Each flower stem is branched. The leaves are white tomentose. The purple flowers are arranged in spikes worn by the stems of 30-60 cm high. The Aspic blooms in September, often in August, but much later than the lavender. Spike lavender differs from lavender and lavandin by its larger, spatulated leaves, and a double fork on the flower spike. The bract of light violet coloured flowers are linear. Camphoraceous smell.
History:Spike lavender was also called "broad leaf lavender" or "female lavender" The spike essential oil was used as a thinner by Renaissance artists and is partly responsible for the vividness and strength of some famous paintings (Rubens for example).
