''Bellis pappulosa'' is a species of daisy in the genus ''

Bellis ''Bellis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The group is native to Europe, the Mediterranean and northern Africa. One species has been introduced into North America and others into other parts of the world. The genus ...

''. This species is native in Western Europe, Algeria, France, Morocco and Spain. ''B. pappulosa'' is morphologically similar to ''

Bellis sylvestris ''Bellis sylvestris'', the southern daisy, is a species of the genus ''Bellis''. It is a perennial plant native to central and southern Europe, the Middle East, and north Africa, and grows up to fifteen centimetres (six inches) tall. The n ...

'' but has scales on the pappus of the seeds, which are absent in ''B. sylvestris''. Moreover, ''B. pappulosa'' is

diploid Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Here ''sets of chromosomes'' refers to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, ...

while ''B. sylvestris'' is

polyploid Polyploidy is a condition in which the biological cell, cells of an organism have more than two paired sets of (Homologous chromosome, homologous) chromosomes. Most species whose cells have Cell nucleus, nuclei (eukaryotes) are diploid, meaning ...

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