Catananche arenaria Coss. & Durieu

Catananche caerulea L.

Catananche caespitosa Desf.

Catananche arenaria Coss. & Durieu

Herbaceous plant. The flower is pallid yellow to white. Typically on sandy and rocky places. Endemic of N Africa, from Morocco to Libya, growing from the Atlantic coast to the Atlas Mountains, from 0 m to 2300 m.

Inflorescències, vessant pedregosa assoleiada. Coll de Tizi n'Tamatert, 2280 m, Alt Atlas, Marroc, agost de 2011

Inflorescències, vessant pedregosa assoleiada. Coll de Tizi n'Tamatert, 2280 m, Alt Atlas, Marroc, agost de 2011

Catananche caerulea L.

Catananche caerulea L.

Catananche caerulea L.

Catananche caespitosa Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 238. 1799

Caespitose plant, very small shrubs 10 cm max., herbaceous to woody, leaves in the basal rosettes. The flower is pallid yellow. Typically on stone slopes and rocky places. Endemic of N Africa, growing in the Atlas Mountains, from 1600 m to 3200 m.