Centaurea hyalolepis
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Centaurea hyalolepis is a plant from the genus of knapweed ( Centaurea ) in the family of Compositae (Asteraceae).
features
Centaurea hyalolepis is an annual stem therophyte or two-year hemicryptophyte that reaches heights of growth of 20 to 40 centimeters. The leaves are not sagging. The heads are short stalked. The shell has a diameter of approximately 15 millimeters and is hemispherical. The edge of the bracts is broad and translucent. Usually the bracts have only one end spine, but there are rarely 1 to 1.5 millimeter long side spines. The flowers are yellow. The Pappus is, like the fruit of 2.5 to 3 millimeters.
The flowering period extends from June to August.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20.
Occurrence
Centaurea hyalolepis occurs in the eastern Mediterranean and the Orient. The species grows on fallow and cultivated land and on roadsides at altitudes of 0 to 50 meters in Crete.
literature
- 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. 326 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Centaurea hyalolepis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
