''Santolina'' is a
genus of plants in the
chamomile tribe within the
sunflower family, primarily from the western
Mediterranean region.
They are small
evergreen shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
s growing tall. The
leaves
A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
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 above the foliage. There are no ray florets.
''Santolina'' species are used as food plants by the
larvae of some
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
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[Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]
/ref>Altervista Flora Italiana, genere ''Santolina''
includes photos + distribution maps
* ''
Santolina africana''
Jord. & Fourr. -
Algeria,
Morocco,
Tunisia
* ''
Santolina benthamiana''
Jord. & Fourr. -
France,
Spain
* ''
Santolina canescens
''Santolina'' is a genus of plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family, primarily from the western Mediterranean region.
They are small evergreen shrubs growing tall. The leaves are simple and minute in some species, or pinnate ...
''
Lag. - Spain
* ''
Santolina chamaecyparissus''
L. - from Spain to
Ireland +
Turkey
* ''
Santolina corsica
''Santolina'' is a genus of plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family, primarily from the western Mediterranean region.
They are small evergreen shrubs growing tall. The leaves are simple and minute in some species, or pinnate ...
''
Jord. & Fourr. -
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
* ''
Santolina decumbens
''Santolina'' is a genus of plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family, primarily from the western Mediterranean region.
They are small evergreen shrubs growing tall. The leaves are simple and minute in some species, or pinnate ...
''
Mill. - France, Spain
* ''
Santolina ericoides
''Santolina'' is a genus of plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family, primarily from the western Mediterranean region.
They are small evergreen shrubs growing tall. The leaves are simple and minute in some species, or pinnate ...
''
Poir. - France, Spain
* ''
Santolina impressa
''Santolina impressa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to southwest Portugal specifically the area between Setúbal and Sines
Sines () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality, divided into t ...
''
Hoffmanns. & Link -
Portugal
* ''
Santolina magonica''
(O.Bolòs, Molin. & P.Monts.) Romo -
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...
, Spain
* ''
Santolina melidensis''
(Rodr.Oubiña & S.Ortiz) Rodr.Oubiña & S.Ortiz - Spain
* ''
Santolina neapolitana''
Jord. & Fourr. -
Campania, Italy
* ''
Santolina oblongifolia
''Santolina'' is a genus of plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family, primarily from the western Mediterranean region.
They are small evergreen shrubs growing tall. The leaves are simple and minute in some species, or pinn ...
''
Boiss. - Spain
* ''
Santolina pectinata''
Lag. - Algeria, Morocco, Spain
* ''
Santolina pinnata''
Viv. - Tuscany, Italy
* ''
Santolina rosmarinifolia
''Santolina rosmarinifolia'', the holy flax, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to south western Europe. It is a dense, compact evergreen shrub growing to tall and wide, with narrow, aromatic green leaves and ...
''
L. - south western Europe
* ''
Santolina semidentata''
Hoffmanns. & Link - Spain,
Portugal
* ''
Santolina tinctoria
''Santolina'' is a genus of plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family, primarily from the western Mediterranean region.
They are small evergreen shrubs growing tall. The leaves are simple and minute in some species, or pinn ...
''
Molina -
Chile
* ''
Santolina villosa''
Mill. - Spain
* ''
Santolina virens''
Mill. - France, Spain,
UK,
Germany,
Abruzzo
Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...
(Italy),
Ukraine
formerly included
numerous species formerly regarded as members of ''Santolina'' but now judged better suited to other genera: ''
Achillea Athanasia
''Athanasia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.
; Species
''Athanasia'' is native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Sout ...
Anthemis
''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family (biology), family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''An ...
Calea Cladanthus
''Cladanthus'' is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to the Mediterranean region
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (; also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea) is the region of lands around th ...
Helenium Isocarpha
''Isocarpha'' (pearlhead) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with the range of one species extending north into the United States.
Cla ...
Lasiospermum Lonas Matricaria Oedera
''Oedera'' is a genus of African flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. The genus is named in honor of the Danish botanist Georg Christian Oeder.
The species have yellow central and ray florets in their flower ...
Porophyllum
''Porophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae known commonly as the poreleaf genus.
Poreleaf plants are subshrubs native to the Americas. Their leaves often have large glands that produce aroma ...
Salmea
''Salmea'' is a genus of plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.
; Species
* '' Salmea caleoides'' Griseb. - Cuba
* '' Salmea eupatoria'' DC. - Bolivia
* '' Salmea glaberrima'' C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba
* '' Salmea insi ...
Tanacetum''
References
External links
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Flora Europaea: ''Santolina''
Anthemideae
Asteraceae genera
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