Catananche Lutea

Catananche Lutea
Systematics
	Euasterids II
Order :	Astern-like (Asterales)
Family :	Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily :	Cichorioideae
Genre :	Rattle flowers ( Catananche )
Type :	Catananche Lutea
Scientific name
	Catananche Lutea
	L.

Catananche lutea is a species of plant in the genus Catananche in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Its common German name is Yellow Rasselblume .

features

Catananche lutea is an annual stem therophyte that reaches heights of 8 to 40 centimeters. The heads are long-stalked or sit at the base of the stem . The bracts are dry-skinned and yellow-brown. The outer ones are egg-shaped and suddenly pointed, the inner ones are narrower, gradually pointed and protrude far beyond the outer bracts and the yellow ray-flowers .

The flowering period extends from April to June.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.

Occurrence

Catananche lutea occurs in the entire Mediterranean area. It thrives in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Greece, Crete, the Aegean, European and Asian Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel . In Crete, the species grows in grain fields, on solidified sand dunes and on dry clayey wasteland at altitudes of 100 to 600 meters.

supporting documents

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 .

Individual evidence

↑ JG Berger: Immortellen- or Immerschönen-Taschenbuch for the years of discovery 1805 to 1806. 1817, p. 104, preview in the Google book search
^ Tropicos. [1]
↑ Werner Greuter, Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Med Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-Mediterranean countries . Vol. 2: Dicotyledones (Compositae) . Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area (OPTIMA), Genève 2008, ISBN 978-2-8279-0011-4 , pp. 81 .
↑ ^a ^b Werner Greuter : Compositae (pro parte majore):Catananche Lutea. In: Werner Greuter, Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin 2006–2009.

[Berger-1] JG Berger: Immortellen- or Immerschönen-Taschenbuch for the years of discovery 1805 to 1806. 1817, p. 104, preview in the Google book search

[Tropicos-2] Tropicos. [1]

[MedCh-3] Werner Greuter, Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Med Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-Mediterranean countries . Vol. 2: Dicotyledones (Compositae) . Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area (OPTIMA), Genève 2008, ISBN 978-2-8279-0011-4 , pp. 81 .

[Euro+Med-4] Werner Greuter : Compositae (pro parte majore):Catananche Lutea. In: Werner Greuter, Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin 2006–2009.