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Santolina rosmarinifolia
Also called Green Lavender Cotton, Rosemaryleaf Lavender Cotton
Holy flax is a compact, aromatic evergreen subshrub from south-western Europe, growing about 60 cm tall and wide, with yellow summer flowerheads. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil, and it dislikes winter wetness.
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 60 cm (24 in) tall and wide, with narrow, aromatic green leaves and tight yellow composite flowerheads carried on slender stalks above the foliage, in summer.
The Latin specific epithet rosmarinifolia describes the leaves' passing resemblance to those of rosemary.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Santolina rosmarinifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
