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Sarcopoterium spinosum (Thorny Burnet) |
Sarcopoterium spinosum (ROSACEAE.)
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 : |
Sarcopoterium spinosum (L.) Spach
Published in (L.) Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3 (Bot.), 5: 43 (1846) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Rosaceae
L. (The Rose Family)
34 species from the Rosaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Thorny Burnet | Maltese name(s) : | Tursin il-Għul Xewwieki | 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]: Nano-Phanerophyte (small trees to large shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule III and 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 : | Mar-May | Colour of Flowers: | Pink or Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dry places. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Much-branched shrub up to 60 cm. Shoots densely tomentose; lateral branches forming leafless spines. Leaves with 9-15 small, ovate, hairy leaflets. Capitula up to 3 cm, globose or oblong; the upper flowers female, the lower male. Calyx-teeth stellate-patent, caducous; stamens 10-30; hypanthium tubular-urceolate. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=28 |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region, from Sardegna eastwards. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Crete, Greece, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? AE(G) Al Cr Ct Cy Gr IJ It Li LS Sa Si(M S) Tn Tu(A E) |
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