The common name “lavender” with which we are accustomed to call these plants (but also the scientific Lavandula) It has been transposed in the Italian language from the Latin gerund “wash” ( = That must be washed) to allude to the fact that these species were much used in antiquity (especially in the Middle Ages) to cleanse the body. precious plant already for the ancient Romans who put bunches of flowers in the water of the thermal baths, Lavender was used even then as a base for fine perfumes and to prepare decoctions and infusions used for the beauty of skin and hair.
