Asteraceae
Estrella de mar
Pallenis maritima
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pallenis
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- زباد بحري, بالينس بحري
- arz
- زباد بحرى
- Czech
- Hvězdička přímořská
- English
- Estrella de mar
- Finnish
- Merikeltatähti, Asterikki
- French
- Astérolide maritime, Pallénide maritime, Pallénis maritime
- German
- Küstenstrandstern, Aztekengold, Dukatenblume, Küsten-Strandstern
- Spanish
- Chuchera, Churrera, Margarita de mar, Margarita maritima, Margarita marítima
Synonyms
- Asteriscus aureus Lange
- Asteriscus brachiatus Jord. & Fourr.
- Asteriscus littoralis Jord. & Fourr.
- Asteriscus maritimus f. littoralis (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
- Asteriscus maritimus f. maritimus
- Asteriscus maritimus var. discoideus Alleiz.
- Asteriscus maritimus var. lanuginosus Sennen
- Asteriscus maritimus var. maritimus
- Asteriscus maritimus var. mauritanicus (Jord. & Fourr.) Maire
- Asteriscus maritimus var. microphyllus (Ball) Batt.
- Asteriscus maritimus var. parviflorus Sennen & Mauricio
- Asteriscus maritimus var. perpusillus Batt.
- Asteriscus maritimus var. sericeus Maire & Wilczek
- Asteriscus maritimus var. villosissimus Batt.
- Asteriscus mauritanicus Jord. & Fourr.
- Buphthalmum crassifolium Raf.
- Buphthalmum maritimum L.
- Buphthalmum sessile Mill.
- Odontospermum maritimum var. maritimum
- Odontospermum maritimum var. microphylla Ball
- Odontospermum maritimum var. perpusillum Batt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.