Accepted name: Pallenis maritima
Subshrub to 40 cm tall, slender or cushion-forming. Stems ascending, branched above, woody below. Leaves obovate to spathulate, to 10.5 cm long, entire or rarely slightly toothed, hairy, petiolate. Capitula to about 4 cm across, long-stalked; summer. Involucral bracts in about 2 layers, folded along midrib. Ray florets golden yellow, often with purplish lines, deeply 3-toothed. Achenes cylindrical to slightly 4-angled. Pappus of 7-11 scales. [Odontospermum maritimum C. Bolle.]
Coastal regions of the western Mediterranean
Source: (2002). Asteraceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Asteriscus maritimus 'Gold Coin'
Is listed.