Gundelia tournefortii(GUNTO)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: GUNTO
- Preferred name: Gundelia tournefortii
- Authority: Linnaeus
Egypt to Turkey and Caucasus, Western Asia, Central Asia. A unique composite in which the apparent thistle head is composed of many individual small few-flowered capitula. The whole head is dispersed as a unit (tumbleweed). The heads are eaten as a vegetable like artichoke
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| hakub | English |
| tumble thistle | English |
| tumbleweed | English |
| gundèle du Levant | French |
| gundélie | French |
| гунделия | Russian |
| гунделия Турнефорта | Russian |
| akkuvit haggalgal | Hebrew |
| עַכּוּבִית הַגַּלְגַּל | Hebrew |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Campanulids (
1CMPD )
Order
Asterales (
1ASTO )
Family
Asteraceae (
1COMF )
Subfamily
Asteroideae (
1ASTS )
Genus
Gundelia (
1GUNG )
Species
Gundelia tournefortii (
GUNTO )