9328.000 Santolina L.

Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.

Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F. (1952) Flora of the British Isles. 1st edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Description of the genus

Aromatic shrubs (in ours). Leaves alternate, pinnatifid. Capitula borne on long peduncles, homogamous, yellow, lacking rays. Receptacular scales present. Corolla tube flattened, winged. Achene 3-5-angled, glabrous. Pappus 0.

Worldwide: 18 species in the Mediterranean region

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Santolina chamaecyparissus

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chamaecyparissus L.EDescription, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Santolina

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Santolina
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Santolina
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iNaturalist: Santolina
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Santolina
JSTOR Plant Science: Santolina
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Santolina
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Tropicos: Santolina
Wikipedia: Santolina

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Santolina.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1540, retrieved 29 March 2024

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