Carthamus tinctorius Linnaeus (Q2990)

From Canadian Flora Commons
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Carthamus tinctorius is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Carthamus
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Carthamus tinctorius Linnaeus
Carthamus tinctorius is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Carthamus

    Statements

    taxon/id/Carthamus tinctorius Linnaeus
    0 references
    Carthamus tinctorius Linnaeus
    Carthamus tinctorius
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carthame des teinturiers (French)
    safran des teinturiers (French)
    safflower (English)
    saffron thistle (English)
    distaff thistle (English)
    Safflower (English)
    1 reference
    Klinkenberg, B. (ed.). 2010+. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia. Lab. for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. http://www.eflora.bc.ca http://www.eflora.bc.ca/
    1 reference
    Moss, E.H. 1983. Flora of Alberta. 2nd edition, revised by J.G. Packer. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 687 pp.
    1 reference
    Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf
    Europe
    Flowering late spring–summer (May–Aug).
    cultivation
    disturbed sites
    0–900 m
    Plants 30–100+ cm, herbage ± glabrous.
    Stems ± stramineous, glabrous.
    Leaves usually all cauline, dark green;
    blades lanceolate to elliptic or broadly ovate, 2–8.5 cm, margins dentate with minutely spine-tipped teeth, veiny, shiny.
    Involucres ovoid, 20–40 mm diam., ± glabrous.
    Outer phyllaries spreading to reflexed, 1.5–2 times longer than inner, terminal appendages minutely spiny-toothed, minutely spine-tipped.
    Corollas yellow to red, 20–30 mm, throats abruptly expanded;
    anthers yellow to red;
    pollen yellow to red.
    Cypselae white, 7–9 mm, slightly roughened;
    pappus-scales absent or if present, 1–4 mm. 2n = 24.