Carthamus lanatus L. subsp. lanatus

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Carthamus// Species: Carthamus lanatus L.// Subspecies: Carthamus lanatus L. subsp. lanatus.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Hanelt (1976 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Europe and the Mediterranean to Central Asia and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Open and dry terrains – hill pastures, rocky terrains.

Flowering period: Summer (JUN, JUL, AUG).

Locality: village of Beli region. Date: 23.07.2022.

*Carthamus lanatus* subsp. *lanatus* – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1bd871a2-f5fa-452f-8b40-d16005904864 [Accessed 07.03.2026].

Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77179862-1 [Accessed 01.08.2022].

Hanelt, P. 1976. Carthamus L. (incl. Kentrophyllum DC.). In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 302–303.

Last update: 07.03.2026.

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