Santolina chamaecyparissus L.

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Common names:	Lavender cotton (English)
Description:	Aromatic shrub, up to 75 cm. Leaves narrow, 2-3 mm wide, whitish-tomentose, pinnatifid with 4 rows of fleshy blunt lobes. Heads solitary, terminal, globular. Florets yellow.
Notes:	It is grown as a garden ornamental, particularly for its foliage, and has once been found (record no. 2333) as a naturalised escape.
Derivation of specific name:	chamaecyparissus: Greek: dwarf and cypress; the leaves resembling those of the cypress
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Worldwide distribution:	Mediterranean region from Spain to Dalmatia and N Africa
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 27.

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