WorldFloraDB - Centaurea raphanina

Characteristics

A low almost stemless thistle. It keeps growing from year to year. It can be 20 cm tall. The leaves have a cobweb group of hairs and spread in a ring. They are oblong and may or may not be lobed. The flower heads are pink or purple. The flower bracts usually end with a spine. This can be 2-9 mm long.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	0.2
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Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows on rocky and sandy habitats.

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Rocky waste places in the warm parts of Greece.

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Edible	leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 21
Germination luminosity	dark
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