Cheirolophus | |
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Cheirolophus crassifolius | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
Tribe: | Cardueae |
Subtribe: | Centaureinae |
Genus: | Cheirolophus Cass. |
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Cheirolophus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae first described as a genus in 1827.[2][3] It is native to the western Mediterranean (Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Malta and the Canary Islands).[1][4]