Woolly safflower

Woolly safflower
	Woolly safflower ( Carthamus lanatus )
Systematics
Order :	Astern-like (Asterales)
Family :	Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily :	Carduoideae
Tribe :	Cynareae
Genre :	Safflower ( Carthamus )
Type :	Woolly safflower
Scientific name
	Carthamus lanatus
	L.

The woolly safflower ( Carthamus lanatus ), also called woolly safflower , is a species of the genus Carthamus in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

features

Flower head

The woolly safflower is an annual plant that reaches heights of 25 to 75 centimeters. The thistle-like species is initially cobweb-woolly, but becomes bald over time. It is usually branched in its upper area. The stems are round and straw-colored. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, leathery and their base is broadened. The upper leaves are serrated to pinnate and cupped and seated around the half-stem. Their sections are triangular and piercing. The flower heads are 2 to 3 centimeters in size. They are arranged individually at the ends of the branches and surrounded by the upper leaves. The appendage of the outer bracts is toothed with thorns. The inner bracts are much shorter than the outer, elongated-lanceolate and have a narrow, membranous and entire or toothed appendage. The species only forms tubular flowers . These are golden yellow or pale yellow in color and have red veins. The fruits are dark brown and square. The pappus is made up of several rows of scales that are lashed and brownish in color.

Flowering time is from April to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 44 or 64.

Occurrence

The woolly safflower occurs in the Mediterranean area , in southern Europe in southern and eastern Central Europe, in Eastern Europe, in Western Asia, Central Asia, in the Caucasus, in Pakistan and India on fallow land, pastures and on roadsides. It occurs in societies of the associations Sisymbrion and Onopordion. In Madeira, the Canary Islands, Slovakia and Norway, in northeastern and southern Africa, in North and South America, in Australia and in New Zealand the species is a neophyte.

Systematics

One can distinguish the following subspecies:

Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Carthamus lanatus subsp. montanus (Pomel) Jahand. & Maire (Syn .: Kentrophyllum montanum Pomel ): It occurs in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

literature

Peter Schönfelder and Ingrid Schönfelder: What is in bloom in the Mediterranean? Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-440-05790-9 , p. 123.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 974 .
^ ^A ^b Carthamus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b Werner Greuter (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). - In: W. Greuter & E. von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Datasheet Carthamus lanatus In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Web links

Commons : Woolly Safflower Album with Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

[Oberdorfer2001-1] Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 974 .

[GRIN-2] A ^b Carthamus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 23, 2018.

[Euro+Med-3] Werner Greuter (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). - In: W. Greuter & E. von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Datasheet Carthamus lanatus In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.