Carlina diae

Carlina diae
Systematics
Order :	Astern-like (Asterales)
Family :	Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily :	Carduoideae
Tribe :	Cynareae
Genre :	Eberwurzen ( Carlina )
Type :	Carlina diae
Scientific name
	Carlina diae
	( Rech.f. ) Meusel & Kästner

Carlina DIAE is a plant from the genus Eberwurzen ( carlina ) in the family of Compositae (Asteraceae).

features

Carlina diae is a dense white felted shrub that reaches heights of 40 to 60 centimeters. The leaves are prickly, have no thorns and are mostly on non-flowering, short shoots. The baskets have a diameter of 15 to 20 millimeters and are arranged in pairs of two to four in umbrella clusters. The outer bracts are entire and pinnate, the inner pale yellow.

The flowering period extends from June to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20.

Occurrence

Carlina diae is endemic to Crete . The species grows on Dia , the Dionysades and on the Sideros Peninsula in limestone crevices near the sea at altitudes of 0 to 150 meters.

Taxonomy

Carlina diae (Rech. F.) Meusel & Kästner has the synonyms Lyrolepis diae Rech. F. and Lyrolepis piae B. Nord.

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 319 .
^ David Allardice Webb: Carlina. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae) . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1976, ISBN 0-521-08717-1 , pp. 209 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
^ Tropicos. [1]
^ Werner Greuter: Compositae (pro parte majore). Carlina diae. In: Werner Greuter, Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin from 2006.

Web links

Photo of the habitus of Carlina diae on flickr.com , Author: Nicholas Turland, Sideros Peninsula, East Crete, October 1989.
Photo of the inflorescence of Carlina diae on flickr.com , Author: Nicholas Turland, in Culture, Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK, 1993.
Photo of flowering shoots by Carlina diae on flickr.com , Author: Nicholas Turland, in Culture, Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK, 1993.

[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. 319 .

[FE4-2] David Allardice Webb: Carlina. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae) . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1976, ISBN 0-521-08717-1 , pp. 209 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).

[Tropicos-3] Tropicos. [1]

[Euro+Med-4] Werner Greuter: Compositae (pro parte majore). Carlina diae. In: Werner Greuter, Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin from 2006.