Carduus argentatus

Carduus argentatus
	Inflorescences of Carduus argentatus
Systematics
Order :	Astern-like (Asterales)
Family :	Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily :	Carduoideae
Tribe :	Cardueae
Genre :	Ring thistles ( Carduus )
Type :	Carduus argentatus
Scientific name
	Carduus argentatus
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Carduus argentatus is a plant from the genus carduus ( Carduus ) in the family of Compositae (Asteraceae).

description

Foliage leaf

Vegetative characteristics

Carduus argentatus is an annual herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 20 to 60, rarely up to 100 centimeters. The stem is winged very narrowly. The wings are curved to lobed and have rounded lobes, at the tip of which there is a thorn up to 2 millimeters long.

Generative characteristics

The cup-shaped inflorescences are individually located on an wingless and often elongated inflorescence stem . The outer and middle bracts are more or less suddenly narrowed towards the top and end in a linear-awl, distinct appendage without a thickened edge. The corolla is purple.

The flowering period extends from March to June.

ecology

Carduus argentatus is a stem therophyte .

Occurrence

Carduus argentatus occurs in the eastern Mediterranean from Greece , North Macedonia , the Aegean Islands, Turkey , Syria , Lebanon , Jordan , Israel and Egypt . Carduus argentatus grows in ravines and rocky phrygana . In Crete it can be found at altitudes of up to 1400 meters.

Taxonomy

The first publication of Carduus argentatus was made in 1771 by Carl Linnaeus in Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum Editionis VI et Specierum Editionis II, Holmiae, Stockholm. Page 280.

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 321-322 .
↑ ^a ^b Werner Greuter (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). In: Werner Greuter, E. von Raab-Straube (Ed.): Compositae. Datasheet Carduus argentatus In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Web links

Commons : Carduus argentatus - collection of images, videos and audio files

Datasheet with photos and distribution map in the Flora of Israel online .

[Jahn,_Schönfelder-1] Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 321-322 .

[Euro+Med-2] Werner Greuter (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). In: Werner Greuter, E. von Raab-Straube (Ed.): Compositae. Datasheet Carduus argentatus In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.