English: Cottonweed, Sea Cudweed

German: Schneeweiße Strandfilzblume

Portuguese: Cordeiros Da Praia

Kingdom: Plantae (2090)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1997)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1684)

      Order: Asterales (176)

        Family: Asteraceae (176) (family description)

          Genus: Otanthus (1)

           Epithet: maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link (3)

maritimus => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Otanthus maritimus at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [70] Otanthus maritimus - Herbari de la Universitat de les Illes Balears

• [38] Burnie, D. (2007): Mediterrane Wildpflanzen. Naturbibliothek, Dorling Kindersley Verlag, München, Germany.
• [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.

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