Lomelosia prolifera
Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox Lomelosia prolifera, the Carmel daisy,<ref name="savvastry">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a flowering plant of the family Caprifoliaceae. Its flowers in February to May,<ref name="cyprus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> are creamy yellow, and when the petals are shed they leave a greenish-looking dried flower, good for arrangements. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean.
It is an annual, growing up to 40 cm high. It has erect stem with soft, rather long, whitish hairs. The leaves are arranged opposite, simple, entire or irregularly dentate, pale green and hairy on both surfaces. The flowers are zygomorphic and hermaphrodite, After flowering it produces an Achene.<ref name="savvastry"/>
It was first published in Willdenowia vol.15 on page 75 in 1985.<ref name="Powo"/><ref name="Grin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
It is found in Cyprus,<ref name="cyprus"/> East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Turkey.<ref name="Powo"/><ref name="Grin"/>
Habitat: Waste ground, roadsides, grassy slopes, fields, 0-1500 m alt.<ref name="savvastry"/>