About Urospermum dalechampii (L.) Scop. ex F.W.Schmidt
Urospermum dalechampii grows to an average height of 25 to 40 centimetres (9.8 to 15.7 inches), with a minimum height of 10 centimetres (3.9 inches) and a maximum height of 50 centimetres (20 inches). This species is quite hairy, and produces either a single stem or a branched stem. Its basal leaves usually form a rosette of toothed leaves, while only a few smaller cauline leaves develop; these cauline leaves are more or less undivided and amplexicaul. All flowers are hermaphrodite. The flower heads are a sulfur yellow color, and measure about five centimetres wide. There are between seven and eight involucral bracts. Blooms are abundant throughout spring, and the overall flowering period extends from March through August. The fruit is a long, beaked achene, which carries a feathery, slightly reddish pappus. This plant is distributed across Western and Central Mediterranean regions, ranging from Spain to Dalmatia and North Africa. It grows on roadsides, in dry grasslands, and on wastelands, at elevations between 0 and 1,200 metres (0 and 3,937 feet) above sea level. It is commonly cultivated in drained soil and sunny locations throughout the year.
