薰衣草是重要的芳香植物,鲜花提取的芳香油是制造香皂、卫生皂、花露水、清凉油、发乳、冷霜的原料。医药上用以治疗神经性心跳、气胀、疝痛。薰衣草的花期长,具有花穗密集和花冠鲜艳的特点,也是优良的观赏植物和蜜源植物。薰衣草原产于地中海,阿尔卑斯山脉南麓,古代欧洲人用薰衣草花枝保存衣物,驱避害虫,大约在300年前欧洲人就掌握了从鲜花提取精油的技术。英国人首先用精油生产香皂,从此人们开始把薰衣草作为栽培植物。目前世界上薰衣草精油年产量约有120吨,法国、苏联和保加利亚产油量,约占世界总产量的80％左右。我国五十年代就开始从法国、苏联和保加利亚等国引种薰衣草。先后在北京、陕西、上海、新疆、 Lavender is an important aromatic plant, the flowers of aromatic oil extraction is the manufacture of soap, soap, toilet water, cool oil, hair cream, cold cream raw materials. Medicine used to treat neurological heartbeat, flatulence, hernia pain. Lavender has a long flowering period with dense spikes and brightly-colored corolla. It is also an excellent ornamental and nectar source plant. Lavender native to the Mediterranean, south of the Alps, ancient Europeans used lavender flowers to save clothing and repel pests. About 300 years ago Europeans had mastered the technology of extracting essential oils from flowers. British people first use soap to produce soap, since then people start using lavender as a cultivated plant. At present, the annual output of lavender oil in the world is about 120 tons. The oil production of France, the Soviet Union and Bulgaria accounts for about 80% of the world’s total output. China’s fifties began to introduce lavender from France, the Soviet Union and Bulgaria. In Beijing, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Xinjiang,