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Bayer Code : ciico

Scientific name: Carlina corymbosa L.


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Carlina hispanica Lam.

Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: corymbose carline thistle

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Wolliger Saflor ; ES : cabeza de pollo ; FR : carline en corymbe ; IT : carlina a raggio d'oro ; PT : carline en corymbe ; EN : corymbose carline thistle ;

Biological type: Perennial


Seedling:

- Cotyledons elliptical-oblong, obtuse or with rounded tip, attenuate at base and glabrous.

- Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous or rarely arachnoid.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height : 10-80 cm.

- Stem underground, rhizomatous and aerial erect, almost glabrous or narrow. Arachnoid-tomentose.

- Basal leaves in rosette, others alternate. All prickly edged, dentate or pinnatipartite and oblong-lanceolate or ovoid.

- Flowers in capitulum, pedunculate, composed of one corymbose inflorescence.

- Fruit about 2.5 mm with pappus about 8mm.

- Risk of confusion with: Carduus tenuiflorus , Carlina racemosa et Cirsium arvense in rosette.

- Biological type : Perennial

Mistake with: Carduus tenuiflorus , Carlina racemosa , Cirsium arvense


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Rare     Portugal  Present    

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