Gundelia or tumble thistle[2][3][4] is a low to high (20–100 cm) thistle-like perennial herbaceous plant with latex, spiny compound inflorescences, reminiscent of teasles and eryngos, that contain cream, yellow, greenish, pink, purple or redish-purple disk florets. It is assigned to the family Asteraceae. Flowers can be found from February to May. The stems of this plant dry-out when the seeds are ripe and break free from the underground root, and are then blown away like a tumbleweed, thus spreading the seeds effectively over large areas with little standing vegetation. This plant is native to the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle-East. Opinions differ about the number of species in Gundelia. Sometimes the genus is regarded monotypic, Gundelia tournefortii being a species with a large variability, but other authors distinguish up to nine species, differing in floret color and pubescence. Young stems are cooked and eaten in the Middle-East and are said to taste like a combination of artichoke and asparagus.
Gundelia or tumble thistle is a low to high (20–100 cm) thistle-like perennial herbaceous plant with latex, spiny compound inflorescences, reminiscent...
latex and flowerheads that only contain one type of floret. The genera Gundelia and Warionia only have disk florets, while all other genera only have ligulate...
the genus Catananche is related to the genera Hymenonema, Scolymus and Gundelia. This results in the following relationship tree. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global...
these are ligulate florets, common to the group except for Warionia and Gundelia, which only have disk florets. A unique character setting Scolymus apart...
Levant region that consist on lemon-garlic flavored patties wrapped around gundelia stems. Pipitada - A drink consist of fermented dried melon seeds with the...
only comprehensive treatments of the family since 1994. In the 2007 book, Gundelia and Warionia were segregated from the tribe Cichorieae to form the tribe...
the genus Hymenonema is related to the genera Scolymus, Catananche and Gundelia. The latest common ancestor of both Hymenonema species is calculated to...
these are ligulate florets, common to the group except for Warionia and Gundelia, which only have disk florets. A unique character setting Scolymus apart...
these are ligulate florets, common to the group except for Warionia and Gundelia, which only have disk florets. A unique character setting Scolymus apart...
elevations. Steppe of herbs and low shrubs, including Astragalus spp., Gundelia tournefortii, Noaea mucronata, Thymus spp., and Salvia cryptantha, is found...
Asteraceae also have flower heads consisting of a single floret, such as Gundelia, a perennial herbaceous plant from the Middle-East, and Gymnarrhena a winter...
Pia; Kallersjo, Mari (2001). "New evidence for the systematic position of Gundelia L. with notes on delimitation of Arctoteae (Asteraceae)". Taxon. 50 (1):...
character combination, that is further known from the inflorescences of Gundelia. The latter however is a much larger, erect, thistle-like plant, which...
Uktzin 3:2 that "the Hebrew name points to [the] Arabic ʻakkūb, thus to Gundelia tournefortii, which in Palestine is also named kaʻūb." It is a wild, edible...
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