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Santolina chamaecyparissus (Cotton Lavender)

Synonyms: Achillea chamaecyparissus (homotypic); Echinacea chamaecyparissus; Santolina chamaecyparissus f. chamaecyparissus; Santolina chamaecyparissus var. chamaecyparissus; Santolina incana

Wikipedia Abstract

Santolina chamaecyparissus syn. S. incana (cotton lavender, lavender-cotton) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean.
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Infraspecies

Santolina chamaecyparissus chamaecyparissus
Santolina chamaecyparissus tomentosa (Attributes)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Dispersal Mode [4]  Autochory
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  The bruised leaves have been known to cause a severe rash on sensitive skins;
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [2]  The flowers have an unpleasant smell;
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  Plants can be grown as a low formal hedge and used as an edging plant; The plant is very tolerant of shearing; In less exposed areas the plants can be trimmed in the autumn, otherwise they need to be cut by early April if they are to be allowed to flower; Plants can also be grown for ground cover; They are best spaced about 60cm apart each way; The leaves are strewn amongst clothes to repel moths etc; The growing plant repels various insect pests, especially cabbage moths; The dried leaves are used in pot-pourri; An essential oil from the leaves is used in perfumery;
Height [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [2]  39 inches (1 m)
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Predators

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6The diet of the Citril Finch (Serinus citrinella) in the Pyrenees and the role of Pinus seeds as a key resource, A. Borras, T. Cabrera, J. Cabrera and J.C. Senar, J. Ornithol. 144, 345-353 (2003)
♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 8Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0