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Phagnalon rupestre (L.) DC. trib. Gnaphalieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesPhagnalon rupestre (L.) DC. trib. Gnaphalieae
BibliographyProdr. 5: 396 (1836)
Native Rangec. & e. Medit to Iran and Arabian Peninsula
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude0-1600m
Descriptionleaves oblanceolate, 10-25mm, acute, abaxially white tomentose, margins revolute, subentire, capitula discoid, 6-8mm across, solitary at apex of branchlets
Size15-35cm
Coloryellow
Bloomspring
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsConyza auriculata Moench
Conyza geminiflora Ten.
Conyza rupestris L.
Conyza saxatilis Ten.
Conyza tenorei C.Presl ex Spreng
Conyza tomentosa Forsk.
Gnaphalon rupestre (L.) Lowe
Phagnalon annoticum Jord. ex Burnat
Phagnalon geminiflorum Nyman
Phagnalon geminiflorum var. annoticum (Jord. ex Burnat) P.Fourn.
Phagnalon geminiflorum var. tenorei (C.Presl ex Spreng.) P.Fourn.
Phagnalon graecum ssp. illyricum (H.Lindb.) Ginzb.
Phagnalon metlesicsii Pignatti
Phagnalon rupestre var. annoticum (Jord. ex Burnat) Burnat
Phagnalon rupestre ssp. annoticum (Jord. ex Burnat) Pignatti
Phagnalon rupestre var. illyricum H.Lindb.
Phagnalon rupestre ssp. illyricum (H.Lindb.) Ginzb.
Phagnalon rupestre var. metlesicsii (Pignatti) Domina & Giardina
Phagnalon saxatile ssp. rupestre (L.) Ball
Phagnalon saxatile ssp. tenorei (C.Presl ex Spreng.) Bonnier
Phagnalon spathulatum H.Lindb.
Territory1 Europe
     12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia)
2 Africa
     20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia)
     21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.)
3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey)
     35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen)
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