Asteraceae
Carthamus

Carthamus dentatus Vahl

First published in Symb. Bot. 1: 69 (1790)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Balkan Peninsula to NW. Iraq. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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 30–60(–100) cm tall
Morphology Stem
Stems whitish to pale brown, ± villous-arachnoid to glabrescent,  shortly  glandular,  branched  mostly  above  middle.  Leaves  sessile,  ovate  to linear-lanceolate, (1–)2–6 × 0.8–1.5 cm, acuminate, greyish arachnoid-pubescent on both surfaces and shortly glandular, underside prominently veined and somewhat bullate, lowermost pinnatifid to pinnatisect, remainder toothed or pinnatifid with 3–7 pairs of teeth or lobes, spiny
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Involucre ovoid, tapering above, ± arachnoid, densely shortly pubescent and glandular; outer phyllaries foliaceous, toothed, not totally concealing the inner, linear to lanceolate, 2.5–5.5 × 0.4–0.8 cm, exceeding florets; innermost phyllaries lanceolate, cartilaginous, gradually tapering; intermedate phyllaries with a lanceolate to rhomboid, lacerate-fimbriate, frequently purple-streaked apical appendage; both median and inner phyllaries with a slender terminal spine
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corollas purple
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes turbinate, bluntly quadrangular, whitish, 4–6 × 4–5 mm; pappus shining-stramineous, longest (median) bristles 12–20 mm long, or all bristles of this length.
Ecology
Rare in Iraq, only found once in the mountain region, not far from the Turkish frontier; alt. ± 925 m;
Phenology
flowering Oct.
Distribution
Aegean Is., Cyprus, Crete, Syria, Turkey, W Iran.
[FIQ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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.
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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