| Myopordon pulchellum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Myopordon |
| Species: | M. pulchellum |
| Binomial name | |
| Myopordon pulchellum (C.Winkl. & Barbey) Wagenitz | |
| Synonyms | |
Autrania pulchella | |
Myopordon pulchellum (Arabic : مِيوبُرْدون ظَريف) [1] is a species of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. [2] [3]
The plant is sub-acaulescent with a single flowering head, it measures 3 to 5 centimetres (1.2 to 2.0 in). The briefly petiolated leaves are arranged in a rosette around a thick rhizome; the leaves form a sheath around the base. The leaves are appressed, pinnatifid or lyrate and the contour is ovate to lanceolate; both leave faces are canescent with ciliated and spiny margins. The pant's receptacle has silky trichomes. Involucral bracts are canescent and covered with cobweb-like hairs, each bract ends with a single spine. The fruit is a smooth rotund achene with lateral hilum measuring 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long and 1 millimetre (0.039 in) wide surmounted by a white pappus. [2]
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