Xeranthemum
Sign in to saveXeranthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Europe. It has silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece
General: Xeranthemum (from the Gr. ξηρός, xeros, dry, άνθος, anthos
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Xeranthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Europe. It has silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers.
==Species== Species include: Xeranthemum annuum L. ("annual everlasting"): Central + southern Europe from Spain to Dagestan; Turkey, Caucasus Xeranthemum cylindraceum Sm.: Central + southern Europe from Portugal to Ukraine; Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel Xeranthemum cylindricum Spreng. Xeranthemum inapertum (L.) Mill.: southern Europe, North Africa, southwest Asia from Morocco to Turkmenistan Xeranthemum longepapposum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.: southeastern Europe, southwestern and central Asia Xeranthemum squarrosum Boiss.: Greece, southwestern and central Asia