Centaurea_wendelboi_2 © OBG
Centaurea_wendelboi_3 © OBG
Centaurea_wendelboi_4 © OBG
Centaurea_wendelboi_5 © OBG
Centaurea_wendelboi_6 © OBG
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Centaurea_wendelboi_8 © OBG
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Centaurea_wendelboi © OBG
Cushion forming subshrub ; up to ± 50 cm high . Stems weakly tomentose , glabrescent . Leaves lyrately divided (the lower) to linear-lanceolate and ± entire , weakly tomentose , glabrescent . Inflorescences solitary at the end of the branches . Flowers bright yellow , glandular-sticky , much exceeding the involucre . Fruit achenes , 5–6 mm long . Seeds pappus , 6-7 mm long , innermost row of bristles as long as the outer . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Wendelbo Star Thistle
Not used traditionally. However, honey bees known hovering around its showy yellow flowers during spring season. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.first-nature.com *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
