Urospermum

Prickly goldenfleece
Urospermum dalechampii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae[1]
Genus: Urospermum
Scop.
Type species
Urospermum picroides
(L.) F.W.Schmidt
Synonyms[1]

Urospermum, Prickly goldenfleece,[3] is a small genus of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family.[2][4]

Species[1][5][6]
  1. Urospermum dalechampii (L.) Scop. ex F.W.Schmidt - Mediterranean from Spain + Morocco to the Aegean; naturalized in Australia
  2. Urospermum picroides (L.) Scop. ex F.W.Schmidt - Mediterranean + southwestern Asia from Portugal + Canary Islands to Pakistan; naturalized in Australia, North America, South America

References

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