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Cardus acanthoides. Captura: Camprodon, Vall de Camprodon, Ripollès, Catalunya.
CASTELLANO
Carduus acanthoides es un cardo de la familia Asteraceae. Es una especie nativa de Europa y naturalizada en algunas otras partes del mundo, incluso Norte y Sudamérica, Nueva Zelanda y Australia; ausente de las regiones tropicales y subtropicales. Es considerada como planta invasora.
Alcanza algo más de 2 m de altura, y puede formar extensas masas de vegetación monotípicas. El tallo y follaje son abundantemente espinosos, y a veces lanudos. Su crecimiento arranca de una roseta basal achatada, del que surgen tallos erectos, con hojas ocasionales, dentadas, arrugadas y espinosas. En el ápice de cada rama hay una inflorescencia con uno o varios capítulos, redondeados, cubiertos de espinas filarias, y flósculos de color púrpura. Es muy parecido al Carduus crispus, con el cual se confunde fácilmente. Difieren por detalles en el tamaño de las espinas de tallo, y la dureza de este último
ENGLISH
Carduus acanthoides, known as the spiny plumeless thistle, welted thistle, or plumeless thistle, is a biennial plant species of thistle in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The plant is native to Europe and Asia and introduced in many other areas, where it is sometimes considered an invasive species.
Carduus acanthoides may exceed 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height and can form weedy monotypic stands. The stem and foliage are spiny and sometimes woolly. The specific epithet acanthoides refers to its spiny foliage. The plant starts from a flat, basal rosette and then bolts an erect stem with occasional toothed, wrinkled, spiny leaves. The leaves are 4–8 in (10–20 cm) long with lobed or pinnately-divided edges. The abaxial surface (underside) of the leaf is somewhat hairy.
At the top of each branch of the stem is an inflorescence of one to several flower heads, each rounded, covered in spiny phyllaries, and bearing many threadlike, purple or pink disc florets. Each flowerhead is around 0.5–1 in (13–25 mm) across. It flowers throughout the summer and early fall. The achenes are 2–3 mm long, four-angled, with faint lengthwise stripes. The fluffy pappus bristles are 11–13 mm long. After flowering and setting seed, it dies.
Cardus acanthoides. Captura: Camprodon, Vall de Camprodon, Ripollès, Catalunya.
CASTELLANO
Carduus acanthoides es un cardo de la familia Asteraceae. Es una especie nativa de Europa y naturalizada en algunas otras partes del mundo, incluso Norte y Sudamérica, Nueva Zelanda y Australia; ausente de las regiones tropicales y subtropicales. Es considerada como planta invasora.
Alcanza algo más de 2 m de altura, y puede formar extensas masas de vegetación monotípicas. El tallo y follaje son abundantemente espinosos, y a veces lanudos. Su crecimiento arranca de una roseta basal achatada, del que surgen tallos erectos, con hojas ocasionales, dentadas, arrugadas y espinosas. En el ápice de cada rama hay una inflorescencia con uno o varios capítulos, redondeados, cubiertos de espinas filarias, y flósculos de color púrpura. Es muy parecido al Carduus crispus, con el cual se confunde fácilmente. Difieren por detalles en el tamaño de las espinas de tallo, y la dureza de este último
ENGLISH
Carduus acanthoides, known as the spiny plumeless thistle, welted thistle, or plumeless thistle, is a biennial plant species of thistle in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The plant is native to Europe and Asia and introduced in many other areas, where it is sometimes considered an invasive species.
Carduus acanthoides may exceed 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height and can form weedy monotypic stands. The stem and foliage are spiny and sometimes woolly. The specific epithet acanthoides refers to its spiny foliage. The plant starts from a flat, basal rosette and then bolts an erect stem with occasional toothed, wrinkled, spiny leaves. The leaves are 4–8 in (10–20 cm) long with lobed or pinnately-divided edges. The abaxial surface (underside) of the leaf is somewhat hairy.
At the top of each branch of the stem is an inflorescence of one to several flower heads, each rounded, covered in spiny phyllaries, and bearing many threadlike, purple or pink disc florets. Each flowerhead is around 0.5–1 in (13–25 mm) across. It flowers throughout the summer and early fall. The achenes are 2–3 mm long, four-angled, with faint lengthwise stripes. The fluffy pappus bristles are 11–13 mm long. After flowering and setting seed, it dies.