Carduus rhodopaeus

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Common name

Scientific name

Carduus rhodopaeus Velen (Carduus adpressus ssp. rhodopaeus, Carduus adpressus).

Conservation status and threats

PROTECTED species in Bulgaria.

The species is listed in the Red Data Book of Bulgaria to the category "Endangered"¹.

Description and identification

Biennial to perennial plant. Stem up to 100 cm, diffuse arachnoid-hairy, winged. Wings up to 10 mm, with triangular lobes and terminal, up to 2 mm spines. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, with multicellular hairs on the mid vein and 6–13 pairs of unequal lobes; each lobe with a terminal, 2–3 mm long spine. Capitula 2–3 cm in diameter, globose-ovate. Involucral bracts 0.75–1.5 mm wide, slightly narrowing towards the terminal, 0.5–1 mm spine. Florets dark pink. Achenes 4–5 mm long. Pappus 9–13 mm. Fl. VІ–VІІ, fr. VІІ–VІІІ. Insect pollinated. Reproduction mainly by seeds^{2, 3}.

Habitat

Stony places⁴.

Distribution in Bulgaria

Slavyanka, Thracian Plane, Western and Middle Rhodopes; from 800 to 2000 m alt⁵.

General distribution

Bulgaria⁶.

References

[1] Svetlana Bancheva. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

[2] Svetlana Bancheva. 2015.

[3] Красимир Тодоров. 2018. Биосистематично проучване на род Carduus L. (Asteraceae) в България (Автореферат). Пловдивски университет. Пловдив.

[4] Красимир Тодоров. 2018.

[5] Красимир Тодоров. 2018.

[6] Красимир Тодоров. 2018.

Carduus rhodopaeus на български

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