Xeranthemum annuum

Species of flowering plant

Xeranthemum annuum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Xeranthemum
Species:
X. annuum
Binomial name
Xeranthemum annuum
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Centaurea dubia S.G.Gmel. ex Steud.
  • Xeranthemum annettae Kalen.

Xeranthemum annuum is a flowering plant species also known as annual everlasting or immortelle.[2] It is native to eastern Europe and western Asia, is cultivated as a garden flower. It has become naturalised in other parts of Europe.[3]

The immortelle is a symbol of eternity and immortality. It is an annual plant of dry, sunny lawns, slopes, vines, loess farms and karst bushes. species. The leaves are typically elongated, spear-like with a silvery-gray color, and the leaves are downy. Immortelles bloom during the summer months, from June to September, when the populations are a delightful pink-lilac flower field.

Immortelle is easy to hold because it feels comfortable in dry, sunny conditions.

References

  1. ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 12 August 2016
  2. ^ Find a Plant, Royal Horticultural Society, retrieved 12 August 2016
  3. ^ USDA GRIN Taxonomy, retrieved 12 August 2016
Taxon identifiers
Xeranthemum annuum
  • Wikidata: Q2054752
  • Wikispecies: Xeranthemum annuum
  • APDB: 164195
  • BioLib: 41357
  • CoL: 5CCCJ
  • EoL: 6261628
  • EPPO: XEAAN
  • EUNIS: 159610
  • FoIO: xerann
  • GBIF: 3144035
  • GRIN: 42102
  • iNaturalist: 461931
  • IPNI: 260959-1
  • ISC: 117907
  • NBN: NBNSYS0200003842
  • NCBI: 145993
  • NZOR: 1de16479-a7ad-4398-a0b1-26a2419c1c9b
  • Observation.org: 123594
  • Open Tree of Life: 265951
  • PFI: 6113
  • Plant List: gcc-49863
  • POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:260959-1
  • RHS: 162039
  • Tropicos: 2701594
  • WFO: wfo-0000093647


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