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Cheirolophus crassifolius (Maltese Rock-Centaury) |
Cheirolophus crassifolius (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 : |
Cheirolophus crassifolius (Bertoloni) Susanna
Published in Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 71: 192 (1976) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Asteraceae
Bercht. & J.Presl (=Compositae) (The Daisy or Sunflower Family)
125 species from the Asteraceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Maltese Rock-Centaury, Malta Knapweed | Maltese name(s) : | Widnet il-Baħar | Status for Malta : | Endemic. Occurs only on the Maltese islands | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (prostate plants with flowers close to the ground)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: Regulation 26 and Schedule III of LN311/2006. (Strictly protected endemic species) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | May-Jul | Colour of Flowers: | Violet | Remarks : | This species is the National Plant of Malta. |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Species endemic to the Maltese islands, not found in the rest of Europe |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Coralline limestone cliffs and elevated valley sides. |
Botanical Description: |
Erect, perennial, glabrous herb. Stem up to 50 cm, branched above. Leaves undivided, up to 6 x 1.5 cm, almost all in a basal rosette, oblanceolate-spathulate, fleshy. Capitula terminal, long-pedunculate, ovoid. Involucre 20-25 mm in diameter; bracts coriaceous with entire margin and without appendage; middle bracts ovate, obtuse, finely striate. Florets all tubular, purple or white. Anthers with acuminate apical appendage. Achenes 6-8 mm, glabrous. Pappus white, slightly longer than the achene, with 2 rows of equal, scabrid setae, the inner row scale-like. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=30 |
Distributional range: |
Malta and Gozo. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? Si(M) |
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