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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Urospermum picroides

by Anthony Valois and the National Park Service
Common Name(s)
prickly goldenfleece, false hawkbit
Synonym(s)
Tragopogon capensis , Tragopogon picroides, Urospermum capense

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Annual

Growth Form:  forb

Africa: Cape Verde; Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands; Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
Asia-Temperate: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Cyprus; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
Asia-Tropical: Pakistan
Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Montenegro; Slovenia; France; Portugal; Spain

An annual forb in the Asteraceae.

External Resources
USDA PLANTS
U.S. National Plant Germplasm System
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by Anthony Valois and the National Park Service
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