Klasea cardunculus (Pall.) Holub

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Klasea

Characteristics

Herbs 20-70 cm tall. Rhizomes short. Stems erect, unbranched or apically branched, glabrous or subglabrous, base clothed with remains of petioles. Leaves glabrous or with sparse hairs, glaucous. Basal leaves shortly to long petiolate; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, elliptic, or lanceolate, 5-10 × 0.8-2 cm, base cuneate-attenuate, margin entire or toothed, apex obtuse to acute. Stem leaves several, sessile, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, smaller than basal ones, margin entire, toothed, or pinnatilobed. Upper stem leaves linear, smaller than others, margin entire. Capitula (1 or)2-7(-9). Involucre campanulate, 0.8-1.5 cm in diam., glabrous. Phyllaries imbricate, in 5 or 6 rows; outer and middle phyllaries ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.7-2.5 mm wide. Corolla purple or rarely white, 1.5-1.7 cm. Achene dark brown to black, oblong, 3.5-5 mm. Pappus whitish, 7-9 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.6
Root system rhizome
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Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

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Germination temperacture (C°) 20
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Distribution

Klasea cardunculus world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Russian Federation, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:227309-1
WFO ID wfo-0000015761
COL ID 3R93N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Serratula cardunculus Serratula marilandica Klasea cardunculus Centaurea cardunculus Centaurea uniflora Klasea laxmannii Serratula nitida Serratula nitida var. nitida