Asteriscus (genus) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Asteriscus is a genus of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the family Asteraceae

Asteraceae

The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

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Species include:

Asteriscus aquaticus (L.) Less.
Asteriscus daltonii (Webb) Walp.
Asteriscus graveolens (Forssk.) Less.
Asteriscus hierochunticus (Michon) Wiklund
Asteriscus imbricatus (Cav.) DC.
Asteriscus intermedius (DC.) Pit. & Proust
Asteriscus maritimus
Asteriscus maritimus
Asteriscus maritimus is a herbaceous perennial in the family Asteraceae. The species is native to the Canary Islands, southern Portugal, the western Mediterranean and Greece...

(L.) Less. (Gold Coin, Mediterranean Beach Daisy)
Asteriscus pinifolius Maire & Wilczek
Asteriscus pygmaeus (DC.) Coss. & Dur.
Asteriscus schultzii (Bolle) Pit. & Proust
Asteriscus sericeus
Asteriscus sericeus
Asteriscus sericeus is a species of Asteriscus native to the Canary Islands.-References:* * *...

(Canary Island Daisy)
Asteriscus sessilis (Mill.) Moench
Asteriscus smithii (Webb) Walp.
Asteriscus spinosus (L.) Sch. Bip.
Asteriscus stenophyllus (Link) Kuntze

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