Urospermum
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Urospermum 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
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plants in the daisy family
Asteraceae
The 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...
. There are two species. Urospermum dalechampii
Urospermum dalechampii
Urospermum dalechampii, common name: Smooth Golden Fleece, is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Urospermum of the Asteraceae family.-Description:...
is native to Europe. Urospermum picroides
Urospermum picroides
Urospermum picroides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name prickly goldenfleece. It is native to Eurasia and it is known as an introduced species in many other regions, including North and South America, Australia, and southern Africa. It grows as a common...
is native to Eurasia but it is known in many other areas as an introduced species
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
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