Carlina corymbosa
Carline en corymbe
Clustered Carline Thistle
Additional information
| Plant family | |
|---|---|
| Area | Littoral |
| Flower colour | yellow |
| Flower size | 20-30 mm |
| Flowering months | June, July, August |
| Leaf type | Pinnatisect |
| Height | 10-90 cm |
Description
A characteristic of the Carline thistles is that the flowerheads have only disk florets. What seem like ray florets are in fact the inner bracts, stiff and golden in colour and surrounding the disk florets. The outer bracts resemble leaves and are very spiny.
Flowers
The yellow disk florets at the end of the stalk are surrounded by thorny bracts.
Leaves
Pinnatisect leaf is deeply lobed, almost to the central midrib. Deeply lobed almost to central midrib. Each lobe, oblong, wider in the middle and pointed with spiny edges.
Fruits Seeds
Achene: a cluster of small, 1-seeded fruit, each with feathery yellow hairs, 2.5 mm long.
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