Asteraceae

Cirsium echinus

Cirsium MILLER Cirsium echinus (BIEB.) HAND.-MAZZ. Ömür: İki yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Habitat: kayalık yamaç, nadiren sahiller Minimum yükseklik: 0 Maksimum yükseklik: 2500 Endemik: - Element: İran-Turan Türkiye dağılımı: K. Anadolu ve komşu D. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Transkafkasya, K. ve KB. İran, Afganistan Bulunduğu kareler:A2 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 B5 B6 B7 B9

C. echinus (Bieb.) Hand.-Mazz. in Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 23:197 (1909). Syn: Carlina echinus Bieb., Beschr. Land. Flüss. Terek Kur. Kasp. Meere 199 (1800); Cirsium sderanthum Bieb., Fl. Taur. - Cauc. 3:559 (1819); Echenais carlinoides Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 14:171 (1819). Ic: Fl. Azerb. 8: t. 40 (1961). Map 44, p. 389.   Biennial, 40-75 cm. Stem solitary, unwinged, rosulate at base with pinnatifid leaves, corymbose-paniculate above. Median cauline leaves oblong-lanceolate, auriculate at base, closely pinnatifid, lobes bearing numerous slender ivory spines up to 8-14 mm, lamina green above, white-tomentellous below. Capitula corym-bosely clustered on densely spiny branches, ± nodding, subtended by numerous spines subequal to involucre. Involucres hemispherical, umbilicate, 17-22 mm. Phyllaries 6-8-seriate, median oblong-lanceolate, widening above into a mem-branous appendage with centre blackish but not or scarcely vittate, margin membranous, ivory and deeply lacerate, midrib running into a pallid 4-6 mm spine. Corollas always white, 16-20 mm. Achenes c. 4.5 mm. Pappus 16-18 mm. Fl. 7-8. Rocky slopes, rarely on shores, (s.l.-)1040-2500 m.   Type: [Caucasus] inter Kubam et Schamamchian.   Mainly N. and adjacent E. Anatolia. A2(E) Istanbul: Çemkece, Noë (fide Boiss.). A4 Kastamonu: Tosya to Kastamonu, 14 km N. of Ilgaz Da. pass, 1250 m, Hub.-Mor. 12867! A5 Amasya: Ak Da., 1300 m, Bornm. 1888/90:1492, 2894. A6 Ordu: below Çambaşi, 1900 m, Tobey 1258! A7 Gümüşane: Kirkpauli Sint. 1894:7555b! A8 Rize: Başkow (Cimil) to Cermanin Tepe, 2400 m, D. 21018! A9 Kars: Kisir Da. above Susuz, 2000 m, D. 30501! B5 Kayseri: Argaeus (Erciyas Da.), 1900 m, Siehe 1898:205! B6 Sivas: Sivas, 1400 m, Bornm. 2242. B7 Erzincan: Sipikör, Kainikdere, Sint. 1890:2997! B9 Van: Başkale, 2500 m, D. 23732!   Transcaucasia, N. & N.W. Iran, Afghanistan. Ir.-Tur. element. One might question the provenance or wild status of Noës specimen from Turkey-in-Europe. A very distinct and attractive species.