Carduus acicularis Bertol.

Chardon à aiguilles (fr), Chardon à épingles (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Carduus

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.25-0.5m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Carduus acicularis leaf picture by MAILLOT Jérôme (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Carduus acicularis world distribution map, present in Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, France, Greece, Croatia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Montenegro, and Turkey

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:188370-1
WFO ID wfo-0000022856
COL ID R6MC
BDTFX ID 13055
INPN ID 88062
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Carduus acicularis Carduus bicolor Carduus esdraelonicus Carduus rugulosus Carduus neglectus Carduus argentatus subsp. acicularis