Staehelina dubia

Staehelina dubia is a plant of the Compositae family.

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Description

Mata glauca of 1-4 dm; white-tomentose leaves on the underside (greener on the upper side); terminal chapters with purpurescent involvement, 15-20 x 3-5 mm; purple flowers; 4-5 mm oblong achenes, with 20-25 mm pappus.

Distribution and habitat

Currently it is found in the east, center and south of the Iberian Peninsula on scree and dolomitic slopes of the meso-Mediterranean and supra-Mediterranean floors, as well as among limestone Mediterranean forest thickets

Taxonomy

Staehelina dubia was described by Carlos Linnaeus and published in Species Plantarum 2: 840. 1753.

Sinonimia

• Gnaphalium chrysocomum Mill.
• Staehelina dubia var. macrocephala Faure " Maire "

Common names

• Castilian: montés silk borlitas, cardo, brush grass, brush grass, montés silk jopils, plastered manzanilla, brush, thyme, bowling thyme, brush thyme, brush thyme, plaster.

Other species of the genus Staehelina

Only the species from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands are collected

• Staehelina arborea Schreb.
• Staehelina Baetica DC.
• Staehelina fruticosa (L.) L.
• Staehelina uniflosculosis Sibth. " Sm.