Centaurea spinosa L.

Centaurea spinosa L.

Synonymy

    • =Centaurea spinosa subsp. cycladum (Heldr.) Hayek
    • =Centaurea spinosa subsp. tomentosa (Halácsy) Hayek
    • =Centaurea tragacanthoides Rech. f.
    https://fog.upatras.gr/files/Others3/large/Centaurea_spinosa_1.jpg

    Distribution

    GR(Pe StE NE NAe WAe Kik KK EAe

    Greece (East Aegean islands present; Kiklades present; Kriti and Karpathos present; North Aegean islands present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    East Mediterranean

    Life-form

    Chamaephyte

    Habitat

    Xeric Mediterranean Phrygana and grasslands, Coastal habitats

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

    Notes

    Subspecies (Rechinger 1944: 667-668) taxonomically obsolete (see Synonyms).

    © Images used on this website remain copyright of the individual photographer. To obtain permission to use images in publications or websites, for personal use, such as PowerPoint presentations, please contact the editors at: pdimopoulos@upatras.gr