''Xeranthemum'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
,
[ native to ]Southern Europe
Southern Europe is the southern regions of Europe, region of Europe. It is also known as Mediterranean Europe, as its geography is essentially marked by the Mediterranean Sea. Definitions of Southern Europe include some or all of these countrie ...
.
It has silvery flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechani ...
heads with purplish tubular flowers.
Species
Species include:Xeranthemum annuum
''Xeranthemum annuum'' is a flowering plant species also known as annual everlasting or immortelle. It is native to eastern Europe and western Asia, is cultivated as a garden flower. It has become naturalised
Naturalization (or naturalisatio ...
'' L. ("annual everlasting"): Central + southern Europe from Spain to Dagestan; Turkey, Caucasus
# '' Xeranthemum cylindraceum'' Sm.: Central + southern Europe from Portugal to Ukraine; Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel
# '' Xeranthemum cylindricum'' Spreng.
# '' Xeranthemum inapertum'' (L.) Mill.: southern Europe, North Africa, southwest Asia from Morocco to Turkmenistan
# '' Xeranthemum longepapposum'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey.: southeastern Europe, southwestern and central Asia
# '' Xeranthemum squarrosum'' Boiss.: Greece, southwestern and central Asia
References
Flora of Europe
Flora of North Africa
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Asteraceae genera
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