Difference between revisions of "Onopordum tauricum"

Willdenow

Sp. Pl. 3: 1687. 1803.

Common names: Taurian thistle bull cottonthistle
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Revision as of 15:11, 18 September 2019

Plants 50–200 cm, herbage glandular-puberulent, sticky throughout. Stems: wings 0.5–2 cm wide. Leaves 10–30 cm, margins shallowly to deeply 1–2-pinnatifid, with 6–8 pairs of acutely triangular lobes, thinly arachnoid tomentose when young. Heads mostly borne singly at branch tips. Involucres ± spheric, 20–50 mm diam (excluding spines), base truncate to concave. Phyllaries lanceolate, bases 3–4 mm wide, glabrous or glandular-puberulent, sometimes ± cobwebby-tomentose, spines to 4 mm. Corollas purplish pink, 25–30 mm. Cypselae 5–6 mm; pappi of many whitish to tan, scabrous or minutely barbed bristles 8–10 mm. 2n = 34 (Russia).


Phenology: Flowering summer (Jun–Sep).
Habitat: Grasslands, arid woodlands, riparian areas, roadsides, agricultural lands
Elevation: 600–2200 m

Distribution

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Calif., Colo., s Europe, sw Asia.

Discussion

Taurian thistle is a noxious weed in California and Colorado. In southeastern Colorado it sometimes grows with Onopordum acanthium. Putative hybrids have been observed in this area.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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David J. Keil +
Willdenow +
Taurian thistle +  and bull cottonthistle +
Calif. +, Colo. +, s Europe +  and sw Asia. +
600–2200 m +
Grasslands, arid woodlands, riparian areas, roadsides, agricultural lands +
Flowering summer (Jun–Sep). +
Asteraceae tribe Cynarea +
Onopordum tauricum +
Onopordum +
species +