A handsome perennial plant of the family Compositae / composite /. They call it more "gold coin". Native to the Mediterranean.
It flowers from May to October, with brilliant yellow flowers. The leaves are large, fleshy.
Most - popular type is the "Gold Coyne."
In trade is only cultural form. If you need to translate just a name adopted today, this beautiful perennial plant should be called sand asterisk (asteriscus - asterisk, maritimus - beach). Cultivated wild form is a bit capricious, but that does not relate to the widespread cultural form Australian Gold Coyne. It reaches a height of 25 to 30cm, grows slightly sagging, has large green leaves and is covered entirely with a gradual slanchevozhalti colors, not suspended to flourish, even in bad weather until the first severe frosts.