Santolina chamaecyparissus

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 Santolina chamaecyparissus subsp. var.  Lavender cotton
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Habit: shrub
Height: to
Width: to
20in 4ft
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Lifespan: perennial
Origin:
Poisonous:
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Exposure: sun
Water:
Features: evergreen, flowers
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USDA Zones: 7 to 10
Sunset Zones:
Flower features: orange, yellow
Asteraceae > Santolina chamaecyparissus var. ,



Cotton Lavender or Gray Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus, Linn., syn. S. incana, Lam.) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Santolina chamaecyparissus, Linn. (S. incana, Lam.). Lavender Cotton. A hardy half-shrubby, much-branched plant, 1 1/2 - 2 ft. high, with evergreen, silvery gray lvs., having tiny ovate-oblong lfts. and small globular heads of yellow fls., borne in summer: heads solitary, terminal about 3/4 in. diam.: branches and lvs. canescent. Medit. region. Var. incana differs but little from the type: involucre pubescent. CH


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