Scolymus hispanicus

Spanish gold thistle ( Scolymus hispanicus )

The Spanish gold thistle ( Scolymus hispanicus ) is a plant of the genus Scolymus in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae).

Features

The Spanish gold thistle is a biennial plant, which reaches stature heights of 20 to 80 centimeters. The species is thistle -like and grows upright and usually branched. The stem leaves are rigid and sinuate fiederteilig. Your individual sections are serrated thorny. The edge of the leaves is only slightly thickened. It runs on the stem just so far down that it acts as if he were winged interrupted. The flower heads are terminal and axillary. Their diameter is 1 to 2 inches. The ray florets are 16 to 17 millimeters long, dyed golden yellow and white hairs outside. They are of three bracts surmounted that are serrated thorny. The bracts are lanceolate, acute to gradually and have hardly any hair on. The chaff sheets include the outer fruit. The pappus consists of 2-4 short bristles.

Bloom time is from June to September.

Occurrence

The Spanish gold thistle occurs in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands along roadsides, on dumps and on fallow land.

Documents

• Peter and Ingrid Schoenfelder: What flowers on the Mediterranean? Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-440-05790-9, page 124