Santolina chamaecyparissus
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| Common names: | Lavender cotton (English) |
| Frequency: | Rare |
| Status: | Introduced |
| 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. |
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| 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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| Altitude range: (metres) | 1830 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mediterranean region from Spain to Dalmatia and N Africa |
| FZ divisions: | E |
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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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