Santolina

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Santolina is a genus of plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family, primarily from the western Mediterranean region.[1][2]

They are small evergreen shrubs growing Template:Cvt tall. The leaves are simple and minute in some species, or pinnate, finely divided in other species, often densely silvery hairy, and usually aromatic. The composite flowerheads are yellow or white, produced in dense globose capitula 1–2 cm in diameter, on top of slender stems held Template:Cvt above the foliage. There are no ray florets.[3]

Santolina species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Bucculatrix santolinella (feeds exclusively on S. chamaecyparissus) and the Coleophora case-bearers C. albicella (recorded on S. chamaecyparissus), C. involucrella (feeds exclusively on Santolina spp) and C. santolinella (feeds exclusively on S. chamaecyparissus).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Species[4][5][6]

formerly included

numerous species formerly regarded as members of Santolina but now judged better suited to other genera: Achillea, Athanasia, Anthemis, Calea, Cladanthus, Helenium, Isocarpha, Lasiospermum, Lonas, Matricaria, Oedera, Porophyllum, Salmea, and Tanacetum.

References

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  1. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 842–843 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, Santolina L.
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  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Santolina includes photos + distribution maps
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