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Santolina virens
Santolina virens, the green lavender cotton, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Spain, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Ukraine (including Crimea), and the North Caucasus. This taxon has been marked by nomenclatural difficulties since Linnaeus and is currently considered part of the Santolina chamaecyparissus species complex.
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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.
