Chamaeleon gummifer Cass.

Carline à gomme (fr), Atractyle à gomme (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Chamaeleon

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.6m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses food gum material medicinal poison
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Vermifuge (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Chamaeleon gummifer world distribution map, present in Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Malta, Portugal, and Tunisia

Conservation status

Chamaeleon gummifer threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:192416-1
WFO ID wfo-0000129147
COL ID 5XQ73
BDTFX ID 16451
INPN ID 90443
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Carlina macrocephala Carthamus gummiferus Atractylis macrocephala Atractylis nemotoiana Atractylis acaulis Acarna macrocephala Atractylis gummifera Chamaeleon megacephalus Chamaeleon gummifer Carlina fontanesii Acarna gummifera Carlina gummifera Atractylis macrocephala Cirsellium gummiferum Atractylis gummifera var. gummifera Atractylis gummifera var. macrocephala