Species
Cotton lavender
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Varieties
1 entriesSantolina chamaecyparissus is an aromatic shrub with densely hairy, finely divided grey foliage.
Flowers and foliage
Yellow button-like flower heads rise on long stalks above the leaves. The heads contain tubular florets rather than the broad outer rays of a daisy. Its woody habit and Asteraceae identity distinguish cotton lavender from true Lavandula species.
Grey foliage and yellow button heads
Tomentosa is the named seed reference in the wholesale aromatic-plant assortment.
At a glance
Species profile
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Santolina chamaecyparissus
- Common names
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- abrótano-fêmea, grå helgonört, guarda-roupa, gurada-roupa, hen wraig, lavanda-algodão, lavender cotton, lavender-cotton, pequeno-limonete, roquete-dos-jardins, santolina, szürke cipruska, zypressenkraut
- Synonyms
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- Achillea chamaecyparissus, Chamaemelum serratifolium, Santolina brevidentata, Santolina chamaecyparissus subsp. tomentosa, Santolina chamaecyparissus subvar. heterophylla, Santolina chamaecyparissus var. lanata, Santolina chamaecyparissus var. provincialis, Santolina cupressiformis, Santolina dentata, Santolina linearifolia, Santolina lobata, Santolina marchii, Santolina pallida, Santolina pecten, Santolina provincialis, Santolina ruscinonensis, Santolina sericea, Santolina tomentosa
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Santolina
- Species
- Santolina chamaecyparissus