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Cephalaria leucantha - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Cephalaria leucantha - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Cephalaria leucantha - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Cephalaria leucantha - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1037
Date of entry: 01.04.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Giant Scabious

German: Weißblütiger Schuppenkopf

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2654)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)

      Order: Dipsacales (35)

        Family: Caprifoliaceae (22)(family description)

          Genus: Cephalaria (3)

            Epithet: leucantha Ledeb. (2)

leucantha => bearing white flowers

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

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