7 Different Lavenders to compare and enjoy the difference and the similarity:
FINE Lavender or population Lavender, called "Lavande fine" in France:
5 ml Lavandula angustifolia, population #125
5 ml Lavanula angustifolia, wild-sauvage SIMPLES #175
5 ml Lavandula angustifolia, organic #8
CLONAL
Lavender, the species is also L. angustifolia, but the plants are propagated by clipping (cloning) as opposed to propagation by seed:
5 ml Lavandula angustifolia, clone Maillette #5004
SPIKE
5 ml Lavandula latifolia, (Spike Lavender) sea level Spain #124
HYBRID Lavenders
are called "Lavandin". The very popular Lavandin essential oils are distilled from hybrid species, resulting from cross pollination between Lavandula angustifolia (Fine) and Lavandula latifolia (Spike Lavender):
5 ml Lavandula x hybrida Super, (Lavandin super) #5006
5 ml Lavandula x hybrid Grosso, (Lavandin grosso) #5007