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Carthamus L.

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Carthamus L., Sp. Pl. 830-831 (1753)
Carthamus L.

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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
830-831
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Carthamus L.
genus
Carthamus

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Carthamus

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Carthamus L.

Annual to perennial herbs. Stems not winged. Hairs long and multicellular, short and glandular, and cobwebby. Lvs alternate, sessile, simple, dentate to 2-pinnatifid, the teeth spinose. Capitula homogamous, ovoid, solitary. Involucral bracts in several series, the outer leaflike, the inner sometimes with scarious apical appendages; hairs long and multicellular, short and glandular, and cobwebby. Receptacle convex; scales numerous, linear. Florets ☿, all tubular. Corolla glabrous, 5-lobed, yellow to red or violet. Anthers tapered to a rounded apex, with short basal appendages; filaments bearded. Style branches linear, erect, appressed. Achenes oblong to subpyramidal, glabrous, rugose or smooth; achene insertion oblique; pappus scales 0 in outer achenes, in several rows or 0 on inner achenes, the inner rows much > the outer; scales stiff, sordid or brown, ciliolate, free to base.

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Carthamus L.
Carthamus L.
Carthamus L.
Carthamus L.
Carthamus
Carthamus L.

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9883ac0c-3600-422f-8722-2d94aabb5b93
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1 January 2000
13 August 2008
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