Lamiaceae
English lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Lavandula
Pets and kids
- CatsMildly toxic
- DogsMildly toxic
- KidsSafe
Why
Cats: Mildly toxic
Mildly toxic to cats. Toxic principle: Linalool, linalyl acetate.
Signs: nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite.
- Toxic and Non-toxic Plants: Lavender - ASPCA ASPCA Animal Poison Control
Dogs: Mildly toxic
Mildly toxic to dogs. Toxic principle: Linalool, linalyl acetate.
Signs: nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite.
- Toxic and Non-toxic Plants: Lavender - ASPCA ASPCA Animal Poison Control
Kids: Safe
Sources below say it is non-toxic to young children. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.
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Is English lavender safe for cats, dogs and kids?
Is English lavender safe for cats?
No. Our sources call English lavender mildly toxic to cats. Toxic principle: Linalool, linalyl acetate. Signs: nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite.
- Toxic and Non-toxic Plants: Lavender - ASPCA ASPCA Animal Poison Control
Is English lavender safe for dogs?
No. Our sources call English lavender mildly toxic to dogs. Toxic principle: Linalool, linalyl acetate. Signs: nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite.
- Toxic and Non-toxic Plants: Lavender - ASPCA ASPCA Animal Poison Control
Is English lavender safe for kids?
Our sources call English lavender non-toxic to young children. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Similar names and close relatives
A shared name doesn't mean a shared answer: check the exact plant.
- French lavender Lavandula stoechassimilar nameCats: Not sure; Dogs: Not sure; Kids: Not sure
Common names
By language (51)
- Afrikaans
- Laventel
- Arabic
- خزامى ضيقة الأوراق
- arz
- ضرم ضيق الاوراق
- azb
- سونبوللو لاواندا
- Azerbaijani
- Ensizyarpaq lavanda
- Basque
- Izpiliku fin
- Belarusian
- Лаванда каласовая, Лаванда вузкалістая
- Breton
- Lavand-bihan
- Bulgarian
- Лавандула
- Cantonese
- 窄葉薰衣草
- Catalan
- Espígol, Lavanda
- Chinese
- 狭叶薰衣草, 狹葉薰衣草, 月桂子, 薰衣草, 薰衣草（狭叶薰衣草）, 真薰衣草, 英國薰衣草
- Czech
- Levandule lékařská
- Danish
- Ægte lavendel, Almindelig lavendel, Lavendel, Lavendel (Lavandula angustifolia
- dsb
- Lawendel
- Dutch
- Spijklavendel, Echte lavendel
- English
- English lavender, English lavendar, Lavender, Garden lavender plant, Lavender plant, Mariflor, Narrow-leaved lavender plant, True lavender plant
- Esperanto
- Vera lavendo
- Finnish
- Tähkälaventeli, Laventeli
- French
- Lavande des Alpes, Lavande fine, Lavande vraie, Lavendula vera
- Galician
- Esprego
- German
- Echter Lavendel
- Hebrew
- אזוביון רפואי, אזוביון צר-עלים, לבנדר
- hsb
- Lěwanćik, Lawendel, Požetka
- Hungarian
- Közönséges levendula
- Irish
- Lus liath, Labhandar
- Italian
- Lavanda vera
- Japanese
- 真正ラベンダー, イングリッシュラベンダー, イングリッシュ・ラベンダー, コモン・ラベンダー, トゥルーラベンダー
- Kannada
- ಲ್ಯಾವೆಂಡರ್
- Korean
- 라벤더
- Lithuanian
- Tikroji levanda
- Macedonian
- Обична лаванда
- Malayalam
- ലാവൻഡുല അങ്കുസ്റ്റിഫോളിയ
- mul
- Lavanda officinale
- Persian
- اسطوخودوس انگلیسی
- Polish
- Lawenda wąskolistna, Bławatka, Czyszczecz, Lawenda lekarska, Lawenda wonna
- rsk
- Лаванда
- Russian
- Лаванда узколистная, Лаванда колосовая
- scn
- Lavanna
- Serbian
- Лаванда
- shi
- Izri
- Slovak
- Levanduľa úzkolistá
- Slovenian
- Prava sivka
- Spanish
- Aljucema, Espigol, Espigola, Esplego, Espliego comun, Espliego común, Espliego de la hoja angosta, Espliego frances
- Swedish
- Lavendel
- Tajik
- Устухудус
- Thai
- ลาเวนเดอร์สามัญ
- Ukrainian
- Лаванда вузьколиста
- Urdu
- انگریزی اسطو خودوس
- vec
- Lavanda, Spigo
- Vietnamese
- Oải hương
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 107 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joss Carr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daryl Nolan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Naturalista, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: luluchouette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Torres Alejandro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fabien Piednoir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sheeraz wani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: jamie-aa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.