Carthamus
Meikle, R.D. 1985: Flora of Cyprus 2 but modified and names used differing
1 | Pappus bristly; florets blue; perennial |
1' | Pappus scaly; florets purple, mauve, yellow(ish) or whitish; annual |
2 | Florets yellow or yellowish |
2' | Florets purple or mauve |
3 | Median phyllaries with an expanded, ovate, pectinate-fimbriate terminal appendage |
3' | Median phyllaries without an expanded terminal appendage |
4 | Median phyllaries terminating in an abruptly acute, spinose-cuspidate apex |
4' | Median phyllaries tapering gradually to a slender, attenuate apex |