Centaurea aegialophila
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Centaurea aegialophila is a species of the genus Centaurea .
features
Centaurea aegialophila is a perennial rosette hemicryptophyte that reaches heights of 3 to 5, rarely up to 20 centimeters. The leaves are gray cobweby and lyre-shaped. They have 0 to 4 lateral leaflets and a lanceolate terminal leaflet. The flower heads have a diameter of 13 to 16, rarely up to 18 millimeters. The flowers are purple. The bracts are broadly ovate. Its edge is transparent and indistinctly serrated. The end spine of the appendages of the bracts has a length of 1 to 4 millimeters. The pappus is reddish and three times as long as the fruit. Its outermost hair is feathery, the inner row consists of smooth, awl, whole-rimmed bristles.
The flowering period extends from March to August.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22.
Occurrence
Centaurea aegialophila occurs in the eastern Mediterranean . The species grows on sandy coasts (by the sea).
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. 328 .
- ↑ Centaurea aegialophila at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis