Scolymus is a genus of annual, biennial or perennial, herbaceous plants that is assigned to the family Asteraceae, and can be found in Macaronesia, around the Mediterranean, and in the Middle East. Al
Scolymus April 2013 2
flowerhead of S. hispanicus with mites and beetles
Hymenonema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae endemic to Greece. On each of the single or few stems, the species have one to three flowerheads consisting of yellow or yolk yellow
Scolymus
…could be subdivided var. aggregatus var. aurantiacus var. hispanicus According to recent genetic analyses, the genus Scolymus is related to the genera Hymenonema, Catananche and Gundelia. This results in the following relationship tree. The genus name Scolymus derives from the Greek σχόλυμος (skolymus) meaning…