Xeranthemum annuum, L.
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1. X. annuum L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 857 (1753).
Stem 25-75 cm, erect, branched from near the base with few (rarely numerous) suberect branches. Leaves 20-60 x 2-8 mm, linear to oblong, densely white-tomentose beneath, more sparsely above. Capitula 30-50 mm in diameter, long-pedunculate. Outer and intermediate involucral bracts mucronate, glabrous; inner bracts 17-25 mm, oblong, patent, bright pink (rarely white). Fertile florets usually 70-120. Achenes 4-5 mm; pappus-scales 5, about equalling achene. 2« = 12. Dry places. S.E. & E. C. Europe, westwards to E. Austria and extending northwards to 52° N. in S.E. Russia', cultivated for ornament and occasionally naturalized or casual elsewhere. Al Au Bu Cz Gr Hu Ju Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) [Hs It].
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Xeranthemum annuum
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1976 |
X. annuum
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