Asteraceae
Lavender cotton
Santolina chamaecyparissus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Santolina
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- قيصوم جبلي, اللافر, بابوني, سنطونية, ضطرلينة, عشب بري, عشب دود, قيسون
- arz
- قيصوم جبلى
- Asturian
- Coscoxu
- Azerbaijani
- Sərvəoxşar santolina
- Basque
- Astakamamila
- Bulgarian
- Кипарисова сантолина
- Catalan
- Espernallac, Botxes de Sant Joan, Camamilla de la Mola, Cordonet, Esparnellac, Espernellac, Groga camamilla
- Chinese
- 绵杉菊, 银香菊
- Czech
- Svatolína cypřiškovitá, Svatolina cypřišová
- Dutch
- Cypressenkruid, Heiligenbloem
- English
- Lavender cotton, Algodón lavanda
- Finnish
- Nyhähopeayrtti
- French
- Santoline petit-cyprès
- Galician
- Gei quien lea, Herba da loba, Hierba loba, Santalina común
- German
- Graues Heiligenkraut, Heiligenblume, Silberblättriges Heiligenkraut, Zypressen-Heiligenkraut, Zypressenkraut
- io
- Santolino
- Russian
- Сантолина кипарисовидная
- Spanish
- Abrótano hembra, Botano hembra, Ciprés bajo, Abrotano filigranado, Abrotano labrado, Abrotano montesino, Abrotano Montrino, Abrotano serrano
- Welsh
- Hen wraig
Synonyms
- Abrotanum foemina Garsault
- Santolina chamaecyparissus f. chamaecyparissus
- Santolina chamaecyparissus subsp. chamaecyparissus
- Santolina chamaecyparissus var. chamaecyparissus
- Santolina marchii Arrigoni
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: JLPC, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Whitinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olbertz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brinerustle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.