Global InformationCatananche lutea information
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Catananche |
| Species: | C. lutea
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| Binomial name | |
| Catananche lutea L.
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Catananche lutea, is a woolly annual plant, in the family Asteraceae, with most leaves in a basal rosette, and some smaller leaves on the stems at the base of the branches. Seated horizontal flowerheads develop early on under the rosette leaves. Later, not or sparingly branching erect stems grow to 8–40 cm high, carrying solitary flowerheads at their tips with a papery involucre whitish to beige, reaching beyond the yellow ligulate florets. Flowers are present between April and June. This plant is unique for the five different types of seed it develops, few larger seeds from the basal flowerheads, which remain in the soil, and smaller seeds from the flowerheads above ground that may be spread by the wind or remain in the flowerhead when it breaks from the dead plant. This phenomenon is known as amphicarpy. The seeds germinate immediately, but in one type, germination is postponed. It naturally occurs around the Mediterranean.[2][3][4] Sources in English sometimes refer to this species as yellow succory.[5]
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 25 January 2017
- ^ "Catananche lutea L." Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
- ^ Gemeinholzer, B.; May, F.; Ristow, M.; Batsch, C.; Lauterbach, D. (2012). "Strong genetic differentiation on a fragmentation gradient among populations of the heterocarpic annual Catananche lutea L. (Asteraceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 298 (8): 1585–1596. doi:10.1007/s00606-012-0661-1. S2CID 16513802.
- ^ "Catananche lutea". Wild Flowers of Israel. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ "Catananche lutea yellow succory". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 27 January 2017.