Xeranthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae,Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 857-859 in Latin native to Southern Europe. It has silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers.
Species Species include:
Xeranthemum annuum 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
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