Santolina chamaecyparissus
Sp. Pl. 2: 842. 1753.
Common names: Lavender-cotton
IntroducedIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 498.
Subshrubs, silvery-gray to white. Leaf-blades 1-pinnately lobed, 10–20 (–40) × 1–3 (–5) mm. Peduncles 3–6 cm. Phyllaries carinate, apices of inner rounded, ± lacerate to fimbrillate. Corollas 3–4 mm, gland-dotted. Cypselae 2.5–3 mm, angles sometimes narrowly winged. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Oct.
Habitat: Disturbed sites, abandoned plantings
Elevation: 0–400 m
Distribution
Introduced; Ark., Calif., Ga., La., Mass., N.C., S.C., s Europe, n Africa
Discussion
Santolina chamaecyparissus is widely cultivated and probably persists in the flora area in states other than those listed here.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"broader" is not a number.
... more about "Santolina chamaecyparissus"
winged +
introrse +
connate +
truncate +
less lacerate;fimbrillate +
scarious +
ovate +
hirsute +
papillate +
absent +
continuous +
decurrent +
lobed;spatulate;linear +
stigmatic +
absent +
Lavender-cotton +
gland-dotted +
deep +
absent +
lacking +
bright +
dimorphic +
2.5mm;3mm +
staminate +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
discoid +
singly +
indeterminate +
Present +
true +
surrounding +
campanulate;hemispheric +
lobed +
1mm;3mm +
alternate +
cauline +
lanceovate +
lobed +
scarious +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
navicular;lanceolate +
persistent +
falling +
absent +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
herbaceous +
falling +
unequal +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
absent +
paleate +
convex;hemispheric +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
alternate +
branched +
gland-dotted +
erect +
2-branched +
glabrous +
papillate +
Santolina chamaecyparissus +
Santolina +
species +
compressed +
silvery-gray;white +
subshrub +