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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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
General: Xeranthemum (from the Gr. ξηρός, xeros, dry, άνθος, anthos
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 82
- With media
- 71
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- MO, NHMUK, VT, MNHN, O, LD
- Recorded in
- Azerbaijan, South Africa, Turkey, France, Georgia, Russia, Spain, Italy
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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
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