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Pallenis spinosa
Spiny starwort is a spiny annual wildflower of the daisy family, growing around 60 cm tall with yellow-orange daisy-like flowers from May to July. It is a wild plant of dry coastal and desert habitats, not a commonly grown garden or houseplant.
Pallenis spinosa, commonly known as spiny starwort or spiny golden star, is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Pallenis of the family Asteraceae. The Latin name of the genus is derived from palea (chaff), referring to the chaffy receptacle, while the species name spinosa, meaning spiny, refers to the spiny bracts surrounding the flowers.
This plant occurs in desert and coastal habitats of Southern Europe, North Africa, the Canary Islands and the Middle East.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pallenis spinosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
