Catananche

Catananche is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion family.[2][3] It is native to dry meadows in the Mediterranean region.[4]

Catananche
Catananche caerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Genus:	Catananche L.
Synonyms[1]
Cupidonia Bubani Piptocephalum Sch.Bip.

They are cultivated for their cornflower-like blooms appearing in summer, in shades of blue, yellow and white. They are suitable for a sunny border, and for dried flower arrangements.[5]

Species[1]

• Catananche arenaria Coss. & Durieu - Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania
• Catananche caerulea L. - Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
• Catananche caespitosa Desf. - Algeria, Morocco
• Catananche lutea L. - Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
• Catananche montana Coss. & Durieu - Algeria, Morocco

Phylogeny

According to recent genetic analyses, the genus Catananche is related to the genera Hymenonema, Scolymus and Gundelia. This results in the following relationship tree.[6]

subtribe Scolyminae	Gundelia       Catananche       Hymenonema     Scolymus

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-12 at Archive.today
2. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 812-813 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Catananche L.
4. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Catananche
5. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
6. Liveri, Eleni; Tomasello, Salvatore; Oberprieler, Christoph; Kamari, Georgia (June 2016), Cytological and phylogenetic study of the Greek endemic genus Hymenonema Cass. (Cichorieae, Compositae), retrieved 2016-11-09

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.