Psephellus bellus is a species in the genus Psephellus, subtribe Centaureinae, found in Anatolia and Transcaucasia.[3] It is an evergreen plant, with gray-green to silvery imparipinnate leaves showing elliptic to ovate leaflets. It is used in gardening because the creeping stems can root in contact to the ground, and the plant grows slowly into a dense cover.[4] The flowers are purplish pink and bloom from March to June.
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| Flowers of Psephellus bellus | |
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| The gray-green to silvery tomentose leaves of Psephellus bellus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Centaureinae |
| Genus: | Psephellus |
| Species: | P. bellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Psephellus bellus (Trautv.) Wagenitz[1]
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References
edit- ^ Willdenowia 30(1): 36 (2000)
- ^ Centaurea bella Trautv. Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. x. (1866) 394.
- ^ Wagenitz, Gerhard; Hellwig, Frank H. "The genus Psephellus Cass. (Compositae, Cardueae) revisited with a broadened concept". Willdenowia. 30 (1). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (BGBM): 29–44. doi:10.3372/wi.30.30102.
- ^ Filippi, Olivier (2007). Pour un jardin sans arrosage (For a garden without irrigation). Arles: Actes Sud. p. 207. ISBN 978-2-7427-6730-4.
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