Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Haneit in Tutin et al., 1976).
Lifeform: Annual; 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 – dry grasslands, pastures, rocky terrains.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.
Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – upper part of plant with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – upper part of plant with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – involucral bracts. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – involucral bracts. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – spent capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 