Rhagadiolus edulis

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Rhagadiolus edulis is a plant species belonging to the family of osiers (Asteraceae).

Features
Rhagadiolus edulis is an annual shaft therophyte that reaches heights of 20 to 50 (rarely 10 to 70) centimeters. The base leaves are lean-shaped feather-sliced. The final plumage is large, the side plumages are small and remote. The leaf stem is well developed and often extended. The usually 5 to 6 inner wrapping leaves are bare on the back. The fruits are 10 to 15 millimeters long and straight or slightly curved.

The flowering period runs from March to June.

Occurrence
Rhagadiolus edulis is a Mediterranean to sub-Mediterranean floral element. It occurs in Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, the Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Israel.
In Crete, the species grows on cultivated and fallow land, on ruderal sites and in open Phrygana at altitudes of 0 to 1300 meters.

Literature

Individual evidence

Weblinks
Thomas Meyer, Michael Hassler: Mediterranean and Alpine flora.

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Cichorioidea