lavandula stoechas

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Lavandula stoechas
    n 1: shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having
         usually reddish-purple flowers [syn: {French lavender},
         {Lavandula stoechas}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cassidony \Cas"si*do*ny\, n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F.
   cassidoine. See {Chalcedony}.] (Bot.)
   (a) The French lavender ({Lavandula St[oe]chas}).
   (b) The goldilocks {(Chrysocoma Linosyris)} and perhaps other
       plants related to the genus {Gnaphalium} or cudweed.
       [1913 Webster]