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Santolina chamaecyparissus

Seaview, Lower Hutt. (?planted).<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 09/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Foliage. In cultivation, Whanganui. Nov 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Capitulum. In cultivation, Whanganui. Nov 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Fruiting heads, garden, Virginia Heights, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 26/01/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

cotton lavender, lavender cotton

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Yellow

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Santolina

Family

Asteraceae

Authority

Santolina chamaecyparissus L.

Endemic family

Ecology

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Life cycle and dispersal

Perennial woody subshrub. Reproduction is probably by asexual spread from garden waste - doubtful if it produces viable seed in New Zealand. Dispersed through careless disposal of garden waste.

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