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{{SPlantbox
| name = ''Xeranthemum annuum''
|familia=Asteraceae
| common_names = Common immortelle
|genus=Xeranthemum
| growth_habit = <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=annuum
| high = 1-2ft
|common_name=Common immortelle
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|Min ht box=1
| origin = SE Europe to Caucasus/Iran
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht box=2
| lifespan = annual
|Max ht metric=ft
| exposure = <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|origin=SE Europe to Caucasus/Iran
|lifespan=annual
|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Xeranthemum annuum.jpg
|image_width=240
| image = Xeranthemum annuum.jpg
| image_width = 240px
}}
}}
{{Inc|
Xeranthemum annuum, Linn. Fig. 4016. Annual, 2-3 ft. tall, erect, white-tomentose: lvs. alternate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire: heads purple, 1 – 1 1/2 in. across, the longer scales wide-spreading and ray-like. S. Eu. G.4: 74, 75. — Runs into many varieties. Var. ligulosum, Voss (X. plenissimum and X. imperiale, Hort.). A double or half-double form. Var. perligulosum, Voss (X. superbissimum, Hort.), has very full double heads. In these and the single types there are white-fld. (var. album), rose-fld, (var. roseum), and purple-fld. (var. purpureum) varieties. There are also violet-fld. forms. Var. multiflorum, Hort. (var. compactum) has a more compact and bushy habit, with somewhat smaller heads. X. varius, Hort., is a trade name for mixed varieties. Xeranthemums are considerably used for a certain type of bedding, but they are mostly grown for cutting.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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