- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Carthamus L.

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, spiny
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Capitula solitary or corymbose, homogamous, discoid; phyllaries with spiny margins
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets slender
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style with long linear branches
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes obovoid, smooth, glabrous; pappus double, the outer of larger scales, the inner of smaller scales, but often absent in the outer florets.
- Distribution
- Over 40 species in southern Europe, Asia and North Africa.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, North Caucasus, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Bangladesh, Borneo, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, East European Russia, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hainan, Idaho, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Paraguay, Philippines, Qinghai, Queensland, South Australia, South Carolina, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Uruguay, Utah, Victoria, Vietnam, Washington, Western Australia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zimbabwe
- Carthamus arborescens L.
- Carthamus atractyloides (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus balearicus (J.J.Rodr.) Greuter
- Carthamus × battandieri Faure & Maire
- Carthamus boissieri Halácsy
- Carthamus caeruleus L.
- Carthamus calvus Batt.
- Carthamus carduncellus L.
- Carthamus carthamoides Batt.
- Carthamus catrouxii (Emb. ex Maire) Greuter
- Carthamus cespitosus (Batt.) Greuter
- Carthamus chouletteanus (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus creticus L.
- Carthamus curdicus Hanelt
- Carthamus dentatus Vahl
- Carthamus dianius (Webb) Sch.Bip.
- Carthamus duvauxii (Batt. & Trab.) Prain
- Carthamus eriocephalus (Boiss.) Greuter
- Carthamus × faurei Maire
- Carthamus fruticosus Maire
- Carthamus glaucus M.Bieb.
- Carthamus gypsicola Iljin
- Carthamus helenioides Desf.
- Carthamus hispanicus (Boiss. ex DC.) Sch.Bip.
- Carthamus ilicifolius (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus lanatus L.
- Carthamus leucocaulos Sm.
- Carthamus lucens (Ball) Greuter
- Carthamus mareoticus Delile
- Carthamus matritensis (Pau) Greuter
- Carthamus mitissimus L.
- Carthamus multifidus Desf.
- Carthamus nitidus Boiss.
- Carthamus oxyacanthus M.Bieb.
- Carthamus pectinatus Desf.
- Carthamus persicus Desf. ex Willd.
- Carthamus pinnatus Desf.
- Carthamus plumosus (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus pomelianus (Batt.) Prain
- Carthamus reboudianus (Batt.) Prain
- Carthamus rechingeri P.H.Davis
- Carthamus rhaponticoides (Pomel) Greuter
- Carthamus rhiphaeus Font Quer & Pau
- Carthamus strictus Batt.
- Carthamus tamamschjanae Gabrieljan
- Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Bornm.
- Carthamus tinctorius L.
Carthamus L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 830 (1753)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Hanelt in Feddes Rep. 67: 41–180 (1963).
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0