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'''Cotton Lavender''' or '''Gray Santolina''' ('''''Santolina chamaecyparissus''''', Linn., syn. S. incana, Lam.) is a [[flowering plant]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Asteraceae]], native to the [[Mediterranean region]].
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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.
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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. Gn. 78, p. 21. Var. incana differs but little from the type: involucre pubescent.
 
 
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Santolina chamaecyparissus


Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: ⇕ 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width: ⇔ 4 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Features: ✓ evergreen, flowers
USDA Zones: 7 to 10
Flower features: ❀ orange, yellow
Scientific Names

Asteraceae >

Santolina >

chamaecyparissus >


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.


Read about Santolina chamaecyparissus in the 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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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

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