Santolina chamaecyparissus L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Tomentose-puberulent subshrub 1–3 dm; lvs 3–10 mm, pinnatifid, with crowded narrow rounded segments, sometimes more elongate, to 3 cm, with more distant segments; heads solitary or few on naked peduncles, the disk 5–12 mm wide; cors conspicuously exceeding the invol; 2n=ca 45. Native of s. Europe, cult. for ornament, and established in waste places near Boston. Oct.
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Common Names
lavender cotton