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Chondrilla juncea (Rush-leaved sow thistle) |
Chondrilla juncea (ASTERACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Chondrilla juncea L.
Published in Sp. Pl. 796 (1753) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
No Main Synonyms
Full list of synonyms :
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Plant Family : | Asteraceae (=Compositae) The Daisy or Sunflower Family 125 Asteraceae species recorded from Malta.
Bercht. & J.Presl | English name(s) : | Rush-leaved sow thistle, Gum Chicory | Maltese name(s) : | Tfief tar-ramel | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (Creeping plants)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule VI of legal notice LN311/2006. (strictly protected species) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Apr-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dry, open habitats |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Greyish-green biennial to perennial. Stems usually solitary, 50-100 cm, with numerous ascending branches, glabrous or with rigid hairs particularly below, sometimes with short appressed hairs. Leaves glabrous or with a few rigid hairs; basal 40-120 × 15-45 mm, soon withering, oblanceolate, more or less acute, deeply and irregularly runcinate-dentate, narrowed to a short, winged petiole; lower cauline usually like basal, the remainder usually long-linear, sometimes lanceolate, entire or denticulate. Capitula numerous, with 9-12 florets, terminal, lateral or axillary, solitary or in groups of 2-5 sessile or with rather short peduncles. Involucre 9-12 × 2·5-5 mm; bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse to subacute, glabrous or sparsely tomentose, sometimes with a row of rigid hairs on the median line, the inner 7-9. Achenes 8-10 mm; beak slender about half as long as to longer than the body. |
Distributional range: |
Europe northwards to N. France and S.C. Russia |
Distributional map in Europe
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
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Ab(A N) AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au(A) Be(L) BH Bl(I M N) Bu By Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Ga(F) Ge Gg Gr He Ho Hs(A G S) Hu Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Mk Mo Po Rf(C CS E K S) Rm Sa Si(S) Sk Sl Sr Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [nBe(L) Ca(T) La aSu] |
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