薰衣草属（学名：Lavandula）是唇形科的一个属，约有25-30种。一年生草本、亚灌木或小灌木。

原产地由地中海地区(如西班牙、葡萄牙)、南至热带非洲、东至印度，包括加那利群岛、非洲北部和东部、欧洲南部、地中海地区、阿拉伯半岛和印度等地区。

因为可栽培的品种被广泛栽培在世界各地的栽培园里，人们偶尔也能在许多非原产地发现从园里飘逸出来的种子形成的野生状态的薰衣草族群。

在中国大陆，主要的种植地是**伊犁（伊宁）地区和甘肃清水地区。

Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 39 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to southeast India. Many members of the genus are cultivated extensively in temperate climates as ornamental plants for garden and landscape use, for use as culinary herbs, and also commercially for the extraction of essential oils. The most widely cultivated species, Lavandula angustifolia, is often referred to as lavender, and there is a colour named for the shade of the flowers of this species.