Notobasis syriaca

Notobasis syriaca
	Notobasis syriaca
Systematics
Order :	Astern-like (Asterales)
Family :	Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily :	Carduoideae
Tribe :	Cynareae
Genre :	Noto base
Type :	Notobasis syriaca
Scientific name of the genus
	Noto base
	Cass.
Scientific name of the species
	Notobasis syriaca
	( L. ) Cass.

Notobasis syriaca is the only plant species from the genus Notobasis in the Asteraceae family.

features

Notobasis syriaca is an annual stem therophyte that reaches heights of 60 to 150 centimeters. The leaves are white-veined on top and almost bare. Their underside is hairy little gray webbing. The stem leaves are sitting with broad heads. The uppermost stem leaves surround the heads and are almost reduced to stiff, strong thorns. The heads are axillary. The bracts are hairy, briefly thorny and cobweby. The tubular flowers are purple. The fruits are brown, glabrous and 5 to 6 millimeters long. The pappus is feathery and 13 to 15 millimeters in size.

The flowering period extends from April to June.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 34.

Occurrence

Notobasis syriaca occurs in the Mediterranean area. In Crete, the species grows in fields, fallow land and dry ruderal sites at altitudes from 0 to 1050 meters.

Taxonomy

Synonyms for Notobasis syriaca (L.) Cass. are: Carduus syriacus L. , Cirsium syriacum (L.) Gaertn. , Cnicus syriacus (L.) Roth , Cirsium bracteatum Link .

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 , p. 323 .

Individual evidence

↑ Notobasis syriaca at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Werner Greuter: Compositae (pro parte majore): Notobasis syriaca . In: Werner Greuter, Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin 2006+.

Web links

Commons : Notobasis syriaca - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[IPCN-1] Notobasis syriaca at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[Euro+Med-2] Werner Greuter: Compositae (pro parte majore): Notobasis syriaca . In: Werner Greuter, Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin 2006+.