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Carthamus glaucus

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Carthamus glaucus
In Jordan
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Carthamus
Species:
C. glaucus
Binomial name
Carthamus glaucus
Subspecies
  • Carthamus glaucus subsp. glandulosus
  • Carthamus glaucus subsp. glaucus

Carthamus glaucus, the glaucous star thistle, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in Israel, Lebanon and Egypt.[2] It is also reported as an invasive species in Victoria, Australia.

It is parasitized by Cuscuta babylonica.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Tabl. prov. Mer casp. 118. 1798
  2. ^ The plant communities of barley fields and uncultivated desert areas of Mareotis (Egypt). T. M. Tadros and Berlanta A. M. Atta, Vegetatio, May 1958, Volume 8, Issue 3, pages 161–175
  3. ^ The effect of Cuscuta babylonica Aucher (Cuscuta) parasitism on the phenolic contents of Carthamus glaucus Bieb.subsp. glaucus. Hilal SURMUŞ ASAN, Hasan Çetin ÖZEN, Iğdır Univ. J. Inst. Sci. & Tech. 6(4): 31-39, 2016 (link Archived 2018-03-27 at the Wayback Machine)
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