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| Kingdom | Plantae |
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| Sub Kingdom | Trecheobionta (vascular plant) | |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta (seed plant) | |
| Division | Magnoliophyta (flowering plant) | |
| Class | Magnoliopsida (dicotyledon) | |
| Order | Caryophyllidae | |
| Family | Compositae | |
| Genus | Inula | |
| Species | crithmoides | |
| Classification | L. | |
| Common Name | golden samphire |
| Geographic Range | S-W Europe. |
| Physical Characteristics | perennial plant, the stalk is ligneous with ascendent stems low, and corymbose up. Leaves are fleshy, glabrous, linear-cylindrical and the main have three little teeth on the tip. The yellow flowers are gathered in capitulum (3 centimeters in diameter), on empty peduncles, thickened and with a lot of bracteal scaly leaves; liguate flowers are 10-15 millimeters long, while the flosculous ones are 5 millimeters long. Fruits are achenes with reddish pappus. It flowers from July to October - November. |
| Habitat | it's a halophile plant, generally spread in saltmarshes and rarely on rocks and on pebbly and sandy littorals. |
| Sources | |
| References | Flora e vegetazione delle barene - di N. Anoè, D. Calzavara, L. Salviato - Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali |
| Web References | http://www.istitutoveneto.it/venezia/documenti/altri_elaborati/libro_vegetazione.pdf |
| Source of the photo | Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti |
Inula crithmoides
