Santolina chamaecyparissus (syn. S. incana), known as cotton lavender or lavender-cotton, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lavender-cotton being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Santolina magonica
- Santolina africana
- Santolina impressa
- Santolina decumbens
- Pentzia incana
- Santolina rosmarinifolia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Santolina
- Species
- Santolina chamaecyparissus
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