View source for Volutaria muricata

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|accepted_name=Volutaria muricata
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Maire in É. Jahandiez et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in É. Jahandiez et al., Cat. Pl. Maroc,
|place=3. 817. 1934
|year=1934
}}
|common_names=Morocco knapweed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Centaurea muricata
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 918. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Amberboa muricata
|authority=(Linnaeus) de Candolle
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyanopsis muricata
|authority=(Linnaeus) Dostál
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Volutarella muricata
|authority=(Linnaeus) Bentham & Hooker f.
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cardueae;Volutaria;Volutaria muricata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cardueae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Volutaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Volutaria muricata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 175
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves:</b> proximal oblanceolate, margins denticulate to deeply pinnatifid, distal smaller, linear, ± entire or lobed, faces villous with septate hairs, minutely resin-gland-dotted. <b>Heads</b> 3–5 cm diam. <b>Peduncles</b> 5–15 cm, distally leafless, finely arachnoid-tomentose, especially near tips. <b>Involucres</b> 15–18 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 5–7 series, minutely spinulose-serrulate, finely pilose, outer and mid ovate, appressed, dark-margined, abruptly tipped by spreading or reflexed, flattened spine tips 3–5 mm, inner lanceolate, with erect or flaring, flattened, ± spineless tips. <b>Florets</b>: corolla lobes of sterile 10–15 mm, spreading; corollas of fertile 13–14 mm, tubes 5–6 mm, throats 2–4 mm, lobes 5–6 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> pale gray-brown, scars with cartilaginous rims; pappi of irregularly toothed scales 1–2.5 mm, outer shorter and narrower than inner. <b>2n</b> = 24 (n Africa, as Cyanopsis muricata).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, sparingly established, in coastal regions, probably escaped from cultivation
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Calif.;sw Europe;n Africa.
|introduced=true
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Volutaria muricata
|authority=(Linnaeus) Maire in É. Jahandiez et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Amberboa muricata;Cyanopsis muricata;Volutarella muricata
|basionyms=Centaurea muricata
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, sparingly established, in coastal regions, probably escaped from cultivation
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Calif.;sw Europe;n Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in É. Jahandiez et al., Cat. Pl. Maroc,
|publication year=1934
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_194.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae
|genus=Volutaria
|species=Volutaria muricata
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