Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link

English: Cottonweed, Sea Cudweed

German: Schneeweiße Strandfilzblume

Portuguese: Cordeiros Da Praia

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Otanthus (1)

            Epithet: maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link (2)

Synonym: Athanasia maritima (L.) L.

maritima => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast

maritimus => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Otanthus maritimus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [70] Otanthus maritimus - Herbari de la Universitat de les Illes Balears

• [38] Burnie, D. (2007): Mediterrane Wildpflanzen. Naturbibliothek, Dorling Kindersley Verlag, München, Germany.
• [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.