Tripolium Sorrentinoi
''Tripolium'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. Species ; a) species accepted * ''Tripolium pannonicum'' (Jacq.) Dobrocz. - widespread from Ireland + Algeria to Japan * ''Tripolium sorrentinoi'' (Tod.) Raimondo & Greuter - Sicily ; b) species formerly included once regarded as belonging to ''Tripolium'' but now considered better suited to other genera: ; c) species listed as being of unresolved statusFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist

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Astereae Flora of Europe Flora of North Africa Flora of temperate Asia Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck {{Astereae-stub ...
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Tripolium Pannonicum
''Tripolium pannonicum'', called sea aster or seashore aster and often known by the synonyms ''Aster tripolium'' or ''Aster pannonicus'', is a flowering plant, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, that is confined in its distribution to salt marshes, estuaries and occasionally to inland salt works. It is a perennial growing up to 50 cm tall with fleshy lanceolate leaves and purple ray florets flowering from July to September. The plants tend to be short-lived and populations need significant new recruitment each year from new seedlings. There are rayed as well as rayless varieties and only the former have long blue or white florets. The rayless form is yellow. The plant flowers well into autumn and hence provides a valuable source of nectar for late-flying butterflies such as painted lady and red admiral. Young leaves of this plant are edible and are collected for consumption on the floodplains of the Dutch province of Zeeland. Sea aster was celebrated as the subject of ...
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