Tenagua. La Palma
C.melitensis is an annual plant up to 1 m and a wide geographical distribution within the genus is characterized by its chapters with glandular yellow flowers and cauline leaves decurrent. The involucre is composed of bracts arachnoid, the outer and middle with a spiny appendage. The average bract appendage has a terminal spine and several pairs of lateral spines. The achenes have a pappus about as long as the fruit. It is known as "starthistle, star thistle or weed of Christ."
C.melitensis is an annual plant up to 1 m and a wide geographical distribution within the genus is characterized by its chapters with glandular yellow flowers and cauline leaves decurrent. The involucre is composed of bracts arachnoid, the outer and middle with a spiny appendage. The average bract appendage has a terminal spine and several pairs of lateral spines. The achenes have a pappus about as long as the fruit. It is known as "starthistle, star thistle or weed of Christ."
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