Urospermum Scop.

Urospermum (en), Amargot (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae

Characteristics

Annual or perennial herbs, usually branching. Hairs simple, eglandular. Leaves basal and cauline. Inflorescences solitary or cymose. Capitula pedunculate; involucral bracts uniseriate, soft and reflexed at maturity. Florets: ligule yellow. Achenes homomorphic, not compressed, beaked. Pappus of bristles, not persistent; bristles plumose, uniform within pappus.
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Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 16 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
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Images

Urospermum unspecified picture

Distribution

Urospermum world distribution map, present in Australia and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:11440-1
WFO ID wfo-4000039864
COL ID 85BS
BDTFX ID 87371
INPN ID 198828
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Urospermum

Lower taxons

Urospermum dalechampii Urospermum dalechampii Urospermum picroides