Santolina
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, 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 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). SpeciesAltervista Flora Italiana, genere Santolina includes photos + distribution maps
Santolina africana Jord. & Fourr. - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Santolina benthamiana Jord. & Fourr. - France, Spain
Santolina canescens Lag. - Spain
Santolina chamaecyparissus L. - from Spain to Ireland + Turkey
Santolina corsica Jord. & Fourr. - Corsica
Santolina decumbens Mill. - France, Spain
Santolina ericoides Poir. - France, Spain
Santolina impressa Hoffmanns. & Link - Portugal
Santolina magonica (O.Bolòs, Molin. & P.Monts.) Romo - Balearic Islands, Spain
Santolina melidensis (Rodr.Oubiña & S.Ortiz) Rodr.Oubiña & S.Ortiz - Spain
Santolina neapolitana Jord. & Fourr. - Campania, Italy
Santolina oblongifolia Boiss. - Spain
Santolina pectinata Lag. - Algeria, Morocco, Spain
Santolina pinnata Viv. - Tuscany, Italy
Santolina rosmarinifolia L. - south western Europe
Santolina semidentata Hoffmanns. & Link - Spain, Portugal
Santolina tinctoria Molina - Chile
Santolina villosa Mill. - Spain
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. References

External links

Flora Europaea: Santolina

 
Anthemideae
Asteraceae genera