Common name
English: Spiny Starwort
German: Stechendes Sternauge
English: Spiny Starwort
German: Stechendes Sternauge
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Asterales (236)
Family: Asteraceae (220)(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
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow