Asteraceae
Carthamus

Carthamus curdicus Hanelt

First published in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 67: 82 (1963)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Türkiye to N. Iraq. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb 40–60 cm high
Morphology Stem
Stems whitish, with a few ascending slender branches above middle, glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Lower stem leaves pinnatisect with 5 pairs of narrow, weakly spinous segments, 8–10 × 2–2.5 cm; upper stem leaves sessile, auriculate, finely spinous-dentate with yellow spines, 4–6 × 0.8–2 mm, rapidly diminishing to the small, narrow branch leaves; all leaves glabrous Basal leaves not seen
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Involucre ovoid, median and inner phyllaries densely glandular, ± arachnoid; outer phyllaries resembling upper branch leaves, linear- lanceolate, 15–20 × 2–3 mm, with 10–13 yellowish spines on each margin, much shorter than florets; inner phyllaries lanceolate, tip feebly spinose but otherwise unarmed, strongly ribbed; intermediate phyllaries with reducing leafy appendages, then entire and quickly narrowed above
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corollas bright yellow
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes turbinate, ± sharply angular, 5.5 × 4.5 mm, whitish with a brown upper margin; pappus stramineous, darker below, longest bristles 7–8.5 mm, barbellate.
Ecology
Very rare; two collections from dry hills in the northernmost mountain region and one in the foothills; alt. (once recorded) 550 m;
Phenology
flowering Jul.
Distribution
Turkey.
[FIQ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0