Carthamus creticus L.

Carthame laineux (fr), C (fr), Faux safranentaurée laineuse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Carthamus

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.4-1m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 12 - 18
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Carthamus creticus world distribution map, present in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Malta, New Zealand, Portugal, Serbia, Turkey, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189469-1
WFO ID wfo-0000106789
COL ID 69DDG
BDTFX ID 14668
INPN ID 89225
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Centaurea cretica Carthamus creticus Kentrophyllum baeticum Carthamus lanatus var. creticus Carthamus lanatus subsp. creticus