Family:
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Genus:
Catananche L.

Catananche caerulea L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Central Europe to W. Medit.

Native to:

Algeria, France, Germany, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Jawa

Catananche caerulea L. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Sp. Pl.: 812 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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