''Santolina virens'', the green lavender cotton, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...
, native to Spain, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Ukraine (including Crimea), and the
North Caucasus
The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...
.
This taxon has been marked by nomenclatural difficulties since Linnaeus and is currently considered part of the ''
Santolina chamaecyparissus'' species complex.

References
virens
Flora of Spain
Flora of France
Flora of Great Britain
Flora of Germany
Flora of Italy
Flora of Ukraine
Flora of the Crimean Peninsula
Flora of the North Caucasus
Plants described in 1768
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