Taxonomy : Fam. Compositae// Genus: Carthamus // Species: Carthamus dentatus (Forssk.) Vahl// Subspecies: Carthamus dentatus (Forssk.) Vahl subsp. dentatus.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Balkan Peninsula to Iraq according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open dry habitats- dry grasslands, hill pastures, rocky terrains.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – habitat. Southern foot of Osogovo, hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – habit. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – habit. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – upper part of plant with capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – upper part of plant with capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitulum. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitulum with involucre and florets. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitulum with involucre and florets. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – florets. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – stem with cauline leaves. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – stem with cauline leaves. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – stem with cauline leaves. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – leaves. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – involucral bracts. A: outer involucral bracts; B: inner involucral bracts. Specinen found in the hills near Kochani on 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – upper part of plant with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – upper part of plant with cauline leaves and capitula. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitulum with involucre and florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitulum with involucre and florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – spent capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus . Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77179914-1 [Accessed 19.03.2022].
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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