Urospermum dalechampii, common name:
Smooth Golden Fleece, is a perennial
herbaceousA herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plant belonging to the genus
UrospermumUrospermum is a small genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. There are two species. Urospermum dalechampii is native to Europe. Urospermum picroides is native to Eurasia but it is known in many other areas as an introduced species....
of the
AsteraceaeThe 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...
family.
Description
Urospermum dalechampii reaches on average 25–40 cm (9.8–15.7 ) of height, with a minimum height of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) and a maximum height of 50 centimetres (19.7 in). This plant is quite hairy, with a single or branched stem. Basal leaves are usually arranged in a rosette of toothed leaves, while cauline leaves are just a few and smaller, more or less undivided and amplexicaul. The flowers are hermaphrodite. The flower heads are yellow sulfur, about five centimeter wide. Involucral bracts vary from seven to eight. Blooms are abundant throughout the Spring. The flowering period extends from March through August. The long, beaked fruit is an achene, and has a feathery, slightly reddish pappus
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Distribution
This plant occurs in Western and Central Mediterranean from Spain to Dalmatia and North Africa
Habitat
These plants can be found on roadsides, dry grasslands or wastelands at 0–1200 m (0–3,937 ) above sea level. They are commonly grown in drained soil and sunny places throughout the year.
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