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Asteriscus spinosus - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Asteriscus spinosus - Developing flower head - Click to enlarge!

Developing flower head; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Asteriscus spinosus - Flower head, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower head, side view; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Asteriscus spinosus - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Asteriscus spinosus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Asteriscus spinosus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1312
Date of entry: 22.05.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Spiny Starwort

German: Stechendes Sternauge

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2634)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)

      Order: Asterales (237)

        Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)

          Genus: Asteriscus (1)

            Epithet: spinosus (L.) Sch.Bip. (2)

Synonym: Pallenis spinosa (L.) Cass.

spinosa => having spines or thorns

spinosus => having spines or thorns

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

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