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Scolymus hispanicus (Common Golden Thistle) |
Scolymus hispanicus (ASTERACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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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:
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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): |
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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
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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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