Santolina is a genus of plants in the Anthemideae within the Asteraceae, primarily from the western Mediterranean region.[ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 842–843 in Latin][ Tropicos, Santolina L.]
They are small evergreen growing tall. The leaf are simple and minute in some species, or pinnate, finely divided in other species, often densely silvery hairy, and usually aromatic. The pseudanthium flowerheads are yellow or white, produced in dense globose capitula 1–2 cm in diameter, on top of slender stems held above the foliage. There are no ray florets.
Santolina species are used as food plants by the 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).
Species
Sources:
[ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ][ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Santolina includes photos + distribution maps]
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Santolina africana Jord. & Fourr. - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
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Santolina benthamiana Jord. & Fourr. - France, Spain
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Santolina canescens Lag. – Spain
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Santolina chamaecyparissus L. – from Spain to Ireland + Turkey
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Santolina corsica Jord. & Fourr. – Corsica
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Santolina decumbens Mill. – France, Spain
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Santolina ericoides Poir. – France, Spain
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Santolina impressa Hoffmanns. & Link – Portugal
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Santolina magonica (O.Bolòs, Molin. & P.Monts.) Romo – Balearic Islands, Spain
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Santolina melidensis (Rodr.Oubiña & S.Ortiz) Rodr.Oubiña & S.Ortiz – Spain
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Santolina neapolitana Jord. & Fourr. – Campania, Italy
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Santolina oblongifolia Boiss. – Spain
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Santolina pectinata Lag. – Algeria, Morocco, Spain
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Santolina pinnata Viv. – Tuscany, Italy
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Santolina rosmarinifolia L. – south western Europe
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Santolina semidentata Hoffmanns. & Link – Spain, Portugal
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Santolina tinctoria Molina – Chile
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Santolina villosa Mill. – Spain
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Santolina virens Mill. – France, Spain, UK, Germany, Abruzzo (Italy), Ukraine
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.
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