Santolina pinnata

Santolina pinnata, called lavender cotton along with other members of its genus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to northwest Italy.^[1] Its putative subspecies Santolina pinnata subsp. neapolitana, the rosemary-leaved lavender cotton, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[2]

Santolina pinnata
At the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University botanical garden
Close up of inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Santolina
Species:	S. pinnata
Binomial name
Santolina pinnata Viv.
Synonyms[1]
Santolina leucantha Bertol.