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Centaurea hyalolepis kz03
דרדר קרומי
Centaurea calcitrapa kz03
Centaurea calcitrapa 01
Centaurea calcitrapa 001
Star Thistle - Centaurea calcitrapa

Star Thistle

Ατρασιήα

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Scientific Name: Centaurea hyalolepis, Centaurea calcitrapa   ⋮see also Thistles

other names: ατρασία, ατρατζία, ατρατζίδα, αθθρατζίδα, τρισατζί(δ)α, αδρακίδα, ατραχού(δ)α

AVAILABLE: DEC-MAR

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Description

  • as young plants the two varieties are indistinguishable by leaf morphology
  • the leaves at the base form a rosette leaflets in tight circular rings of lobed deeply indented margins leaves
  • one elliptic oval-shaped, small or no point, serrate teeth forward-pointing leaf per node along the stem
  • Centaurea hyalolepis has yellow flowers with long spines
  • Centaurea calcitrapa has pink flowers with shorter spines

preparation

  1. pick tender leaves before it flowers
  2. boil or steam
  3. excellent with black-eyed beans
  4. the slight bitterness remains even after boiling

extra info

There are ten varieties of Centaurea in Cyprus: Centaurea aegialophila, Centaurea akamantis, Centaurea benedicta, Centaurea calcitrapa (subsp. angusticeps & subsp. calcitrapa), Centaurea cyanoides, Centaurea cyprensis, Centaurea hyalolepis, Centaurea iberica, Centaurea nigra subsp. nigra and Centaurea solstitialis.

Centaurea hyalolepis

Centaurea calcitrapa

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