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Scolymus hispanicus   (Common Golden Thistle)


Scolymus hispanicus  (ASTERACEAE.) 
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Profile Date Dec-07 (taxon update: 14-Aug-2017)
Citation for this page Mifsud, S. (2021) Scolymus hispanicus profile created on Dec-07. Retrieved from MaltaWildPlants.com on 27-May-2022

Nomenclature and Basic Information

Species name :

Scolymus hispanicusL.
Published in Sp. Pl. 813 (1753)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

No Main Synonyms

Plant Family :

Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl (=Compositae) (The Daisy or Sunflower Family)
124 species from the Asteraceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Common Golden Thistle, Spanish Golden Thistle, Spanish Oyster Plant

Maltese name(s) :

Xewk isfar

Status for Malta :

Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man

Frequency :

Very Common     Common    Frequent     Scarce     Rare    Very rare    Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE ( prostate plants with flowers close to the ground )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection :

Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

April – July

Colour of Flowers:

Yellow

Name Derivation :

Scolymus:
hispanicus:


Description, Habitat and Distribution
Habitat in Europe: Data will be available in the next update of this website.
Preferred habitat in Malta: Data will be available in the next update of this website.
Botanical Description: Biennial or perennial 20-80 cm, more or less hairy; stem with interrupted spinose-dentate wings. Leaves 40-200 x 15-70 mm; basal oblanceolate, soft, pinnatisect, with few spines, petiole long; cauline rigid linear-oblong to ovate, sinuate-pinnatifid, spiny, not or scarcely thickened at margin, the uppermost very irregularly spiny. Panicle narrow. Involucre 15-20 x 8-10 mm; bracts more or less lanceolate, gradually attenuate to an acute apex, without or with few hairs. Receptacular scales narrowed at apex. Achenes 3-5 mm, clavate; pappus of a few rigid hairs.
Chromosome number: 2n=20
Distributional range: S. Europe, extending to N.W. France

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): 		AlAz the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part)
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
  Country codes   		Ab(A) AE(G T) Ag Al BH Bl(I M N) Bu Ca(C F G L P T) dCa(H) Cg Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Gg Gr Hs(G S) Ir It Jo Le Lu Ma Mk Rf(CS S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sl Sr Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [Az(F G) aBe aBr nCa(H) aGe aHe Li aPo]

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Species Images (8 images)
   Scolymus hispanicus   -   Image Code: SLYHI-0.
   Scolymus hispanicus   -   Image Code: SLYHI-1.
   Scolymus hispanicus   -   Image Code: SLYHI-2.
   Scolymus hispanicus   -   Image Code: SLYHI-3.
   Scolymus hispanicus   -   Image Code: SLYHI-4.
   Scolymus hispanicus   -   Image Code: SLYHI-5.
   Scolymus hispanicus   -   Image Code: SLYHI-6.
   Scolymus hispanicus   -   Image Code: SLYHI-7.

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