''Lomelosia prolifera'', the Carmel daisy, is a

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

of the family

Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and ...

. Its

flower A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism ...

s in February to May, are creamy yellow, and when the petals are shed they leave a greenish-looking dried flower, good for arrangements. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean. It is an

annual Annual may refer to: * Annual publication, periodical publications appearing regularly once per year **Yearbook **Literary annual * Annual plant *Annual report *Annual giving *Annual, Morocco, a settlement in northeastern Morocco *Annuals (band), ...

, growing up to 40 cm high. It has erect stem with soft, rather long, whitish hairs. The leaves are arranged opposite, simple, entire or irregularly dentate, pale green and hairy on both surfaces. The flowers are

zygomorphic Floral symmetry describes whether, and how, a flower, in particular its perianth, can be divided into two or more identical or mirror-image parts. Uncommonly, flowers may have no axis of symmetry at all, typically because their parts are spiral ...

and

hermaphrodite In reproductive biology, a hermaphrodite () is an organism that has both kinds of reproductive organs and can produce both gametes associated with male and female sexes. Many taxonomic groups of animals (mostly invertebrates) do not have ...

, After flowering it produces an

Achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not op ...

. It was first published in Willdenowia vol.15 on page 75 in 1985. It is found in Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Turkey. Habitat: Waste ground, roadsides, grassy slopes, fields, 0-1500 m alt.

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Jerusalem Botanic Garden
Flora of Israel Flora of Lebanon and Syria Flora of Palestine (region) Flora of Cyprus Flora of Turkey Flora of Egypt Plants described in 1985 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Dipsacales-stub