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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Lavender-cottons
  8. Santolina chamaecyparissus
  9. Lavender-cotton

species 6,905 observations

Lavender-cotton

Santolina chamaecyparissus

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

11 native animals
supported in the US
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Hidalgo Mason Wasp 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Krombeinopyga pumila, Goldenrod Crab Spider, Ligated Furrow Bee, Acmon Blue 10

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Ground covers
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Dry Well drained
Soil
Sand
Resists
Salt
Habit
Broad Rounded
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Ground cover Herb

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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