Santolina
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Santolina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region. Between five and 24 species are accepted by different authorities.Template:Fact
The species are small evergreen shrubs growing to 10-60 cm tall. The leaves are simple and minute in some species, or pinnate, finely divided in other species, and often densely silvery hairy. The flowers are yellow, produced in dense globose capitulae (flowerheads) 1-2 cm diameter on top of slender stems held 10-25 cm above the foliage.
ExpandRead about Santolina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
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Pests and diseases
Species
Selected species:
- Santolina adscensionis Maire
- Santolina africana Jord. & Fourr.
- Santolina chamaecyparissus L.
- Santolina elegans DC.
- Santolina oblongifolia Boiss.
- Santolina rosmarinifolia L.
- Santolina viscosa Lag.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Santolina. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Santolina QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)