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Black Head Grass

Black Headed Grass is from the Lamiaceae family. It is a perennial lavender species with a bushy appearance that grows wild among maquis in Western and Southern Anatolia and can grow up to 50 cm tall. It has grayish green hairy, narrow and long leaves with curved edges. Its flowers are blackish dark purple and cylindrical and bloom in spikes in the summer months. The plant reproduces by shedding the seeds that mature from these flowers.

The essential oil (essence) contained in Karabash lavender carries a strong scent that resembles that of the rosemary plant more than that of English lavender. 

Use in folk medicine

Medicinal Effects and Usage: Karabash lavender, which was even used in the treatment of cholera during the Ottoman period, was used frequently in the past due to its antiseptic, wound healing, sedative, expectorant, urinary tract infection eliminator, eczema wound healing, nerve and heart strengthening effects, but today it is used less frequently.