GLEBIONIS CORONARIA

Family:- COMPOSITAE

Common Names:- Crown daisy

Synonyms:- For a full list of Homotypic Synonyms click here.

Meaning:- Glebionis. Meaning unknown.

Coronaria (L) Crown-material.

General description:- Herbaceous plant, hairless (glabrous) or slightly hairy. with

Stems:-

1) 20-70(-80) cm, branched, erect to ascending stems, sometimes pubescent.

Leaves:-

1) Alternate, oblong to obovate, 2-pinnatisect with oblong or lanceolate,deeply

incised-dentate segments semi-amplexicaul, glabrous or slightly pubescent.

Flowers:-

1) Either entirely golden yellow, or yellow at the base of the ligules and white at the

periphery, joined together in a capitula from 30 to 60 mm in diam.

2) Involucre (13-)15-18(-20) mm diam;

a) outer bracts ovate, with a brownish marginal band and a narrow, whitish thin,

scarious margin.

b) inner without a marginal band but with a wider scarious margin and rounded

scarious apical appendage.

3) Pedicel thickened under the flower head.

Fruit:-

1) Achenes ± dimorphic, angled and winged; pappus lacking.

Key features:-

1) Leaves (except the lower) 2-pinnatisect.

2) Achenes of ligulate florets with an adaxial wing.

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Habitat:- Sandy and gravelly coastal habitats, roadsides, olive groves, often

gregarious on wasteground in towns and villages. 0-1100 m.

Distribution:- Widespread and common throughout the Mediterranean and SW

Asia. Widespread and common on Crete.

Flowering time:- Mar-June.

Photos by:- Steve Lenton