Lavender-Cotton

Santolina chamaecyparissus

"Santolina chamaecyparissus", known as cotton lavender or lavender-cotton, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean.
Cotton Lavender - Santolina chamaecyparissus Leaves and flowers can be used as antispasmodic, disinfectant, emmenagogue, stimulant and vermifuge. It can also be used as food dye and as moth repellent.
Gardens former gothic abbey Villers La Ville, July 2014. Belgium,Geotagged,Santolina chamaecyparissus,Santolina_chamaecyparissus,Summer

Appearance

It is a small evergreen shrub growing to 50 cm tall and broad. Densely covered in aromatic, grey-green leaves, in summer it produces masses of yellow, button-like composite flowerheads, held on slender stems above the foliage. The disc florets are tubular and there are no ray florets.
Lavender-Cotton - Santolina chamaecyparissus Museo de La Sal, Santa Pola. Geotagged,Lavender-Cotton,Santolina chamaecyparissus,Spain

Uses

In cosmetics it is used as a tonic.
It is an effective fumigant

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusSantolina
SpeciesS. chamaecyparissus
Photographed in
Belgium
Spain