Carthamus glaucus

Carthamus glaucus, the glaucous star thistle, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in Israel, Lebanon and Egypt.[2] It is also reported as an invasive species in Victoria, Australia.

Carthamus glaucus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Carthamus
Species:
C. glaucus
Binomial name
Carthamus glaucus
Subspecies
  • Carthamus glaucus subsp. glandulosus
  • Carthamus glaucus subsp. glaucus

It is parasitized by Cuscuta babylonica.[3]

See also

References

  1. Tabl. prov. Mer casp. 118. 1798
  2. The plant communities of barley fields and uncultivated desert areas of Mareotis (Egypt). T. M. Tadros and Berlanta A. M. Atta, Vegetatio, May 1958, Volume 8, Issue 3, pages 161–175
  3. The effect of Cuscuta babylonica Aucher (Cuscuta) parasitism on the phenolic contents of Carthamus glaucus Bieb.subsp. glaucus. Hilal SURMUŞ ASAN, Hasan Çetin ÖZEN, Iğdır Univ. J. Inst. Sci. & Tech. 6(4): 31-39, 2016 (link)


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