Crossostephium artemisioides

Chinese Lavender

Message of the Flower

Thirst to Understand

The Mother’s Comment

Very useful for transformation.

Spiritual Message by the Mother/ Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

Give up all personal seeking for comfort, satisfaction, enjoyment or happiness. Be only a burning fire for progress, take whatever comes to you as an aid to your progress and immediately make whatever progress is required.

The Mother, On Education: Psychic Education and Spiritual Education

Above all, it is the will for progress and self-purification which lights the fire. The will for progress. Those who have a strong will, when they turn it towards spiritual progress and purification, automatically light the fire within themselves.

The Mother, Questions and Answers 1956: 8 August 1956

The thirst for progress, the thirst to know, the thirst to transform yourself, and above all the thirst for Love and Truth—if you can keep that, then you go faster. Really a thirst, a need, you know, a need… All the rest doesn't matter, what you need is THAT.

The Mother, Mother's Agenda: October 7, 1964

No more bonds—free, free, free, free! Always ready to change everything, except ONE thing: to aspire. That thirst… The "something" we need, the Perfection we need, the Light we need, the Love we need, the Truth we need, the supreme Perfection we need—and that's all. The formulas… the fewer the formulas, the better. A need, a need, a need… that THE Thing alone can satisfy, nothing else, no half measure. That alone. And then, move on! Move on! Your path will be your path, it doesn't matter; any path, any path whatever, even the follies of today's American youth can be a path, it doesn't matter.

The Mother, Mother's Agenda: October 7, 1964

Colour

Yellow

Family

Asteraceae

Flower Size

Small

Number of Petals

As part of the Asteraceae family, what appears to be petals are actually individual florets

Floral Symmetry

Radially symmetrical.

Fragrance of Flower

No

Leaf Texture

fine, somewhat feathery texture

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate

Leaf Color

Green, possibly with silver-gray hues.

Structural Variation (Shrub or Tree)

Herbaceous perennial or subshrub.

Life Cycle

Perennial in suitable climates.

Climate

temperate to subtropical climates.

Water Requirements

Moderate; likely drought-tolerant once established.

Soil Type

Well-drained soils preferred.

Temperature Ranges

milder temperatures but with some tolerance to heat and cold.

Sun or Shade

prefers full sun to partial shade.

Pollinators

attracts generalist pollinators

Role in the Ecosystem

serves as a pollinator plant and contributes to the diversity of cultivated and possibly natural landscapes.

Ornamental

Valued in horticulture for its foliage and form.

Uses in Other Aspects of Life

Mainly ornamental.

Endangered Status

Not listed as endangered.