''Globularia'' is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae,

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to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen mat-forming perennials or

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s, with leathery oval

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1–10 cm long. The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences ( capitula) held above the plant on a 1–30 cm tall stem; the capitula is 1–3 cm in diameter, with numerous tightly packed purple, violet, pink or white flowers. ''Globularia'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some

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Globularia cordifolia ''Globularia cordifolia'', the heart-leaved globe daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to the mountains of central and southern Europe, and western Turkey. It is a mat-forming evergreen perennial growing to ...

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Globularia punctata ''Globularia bisnagarica'', the common ball flower, is a species of plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. Description ''Globularia bisnagarica'' grows to in height. It is a perennial plant A perennial plant or simply perennial i ...

'', are cultivated and sold for garden use. Under the old Cronquist system of plant classification, they were treated in their own family, Globulariaceae, but genetic evidence has shown that the genus belongs in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known as globe daisies or globularias.

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Globularia alypum ''Globularia'' is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen mat-forming perennials or sub ...

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Globularia amygdalifolia ''Globularia amygdalifolia'' is a flowering plant of the family Plantaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terr ...

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Globularia bisnagarica ''Globularia bisnagarica'', the common ball flower, is a species of plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. Description ''Globularia bisnagarica'' grows to in height. It is a perennial plant A perennial plant or simply perennial i ...

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Globularia dumulosa ''Globularia'' is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen mat-forming perennials or sub ...

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Globularia greuteri ''Globularia'' is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen mat-forming perennials or sub ...

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A new species of ''Globularia'' (Globulariaceae) from the Talassemtane National Park, N. Morocco.
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Globularia incanescens ''Globularia'' is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen mat-forming perennials or sub ...

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Globularia orientalis ''Globularia'' is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen mat-forming perennials or sub ...

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Globularia repens ''Globularia'' is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Plantaginaceae, native plant, native to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen ...

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Globularia salicina ''Globularia salicina'' is a shrub native to the archipelago of Madeira and to the central and western Canary Islands. Description Erect shrub up to 2 m high with slender branches. Leaves 3.5-7 x 0.5–3 cm, alternate, narrowly to broadly ...

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Globularia sarcophylla ''Globularia sarcophylla'' is a plant endemic to Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Af ...

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Globularia stygia ''Globularia'' is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. They are dense low evergreen mat-forming perennials or subs ...

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Globularia trichosantha ''Globularia trichosantha'' is an ornamental plant in the family Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxg ...

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Globularia vulgaris ''Globularia vulgaris'' is a plant belonging to the genus ''Globularia'', in the family Plantaginaceae. It has a very disjunct distribution: One population in the mountains of southern France and north-central and eastern Spain; and another popu ...

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Plantaginaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Plantaginaceae-stub