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Otanthus maritimus (Cottonweed) |
Otanthus maritimus (ASTERACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmannsegg & Link
Published in Fl. Part. 2: 365 (1834) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Asteraceae
Bercht. & J.Presl (=Compositae) (The Daisy or Sunflower Family)
125 species from the Asteraceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Cottonweed, Sea Cudweed | Maltese name(s) : | Santolina tar-ramel | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Soon to be updated...
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule III and VI of legal notice LN311/2006. (strictly protected species) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Jun-Sep | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow or Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Maritime sands |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Densely white-lanate; stems up to 50 cm, ascending, stout, woody. Leaves 5-17 mm, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, entire or crenulate, fleshy, sessile. Capitula globose; involucral bracts 4-5 mm, numerous, ovate, the outer lanate, the inner glabrous with lanate apex; florets yellow. Achenes c. 4 mm, curved. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=18 |
Distributional range: |
S. & W. Europe, northwards to S.E. Ireland |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, †Br Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Ireland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part), Introduced in Bulgaria |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? AE(G) Ag Al Bl(I M N) †Br Bu dCa(C L) Cg Co Cr Ct Cy Eg †Ga(C) Ga(F) Gg Gr Hb(E) Hs(S) Ir It Le Li Lu Ma Sa Si(S) Sn Sy Tn Tu(A E) [aBe] |
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