Carthamus lanatus L. subsp. lanatus

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Carthamus// Species: Carthamus lanatus L.// Subspecies: Carthamus lanatus L. subsp. lanatus.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Haneit in Tutin et al., 1976).

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Europe and the Mediterranean to Central Asia and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Open and dry terrains – dry grasslands, pastures, rocky terrains.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.

References:

Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77179862-1 [Accessed 01.08.2022].

Haneit, P. in 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, pp. 302-303.