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|accepted_name=Mantisalca
|accepted_authority=Cassini
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris
|place=1818: 142. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cardueae;Mantisalca
|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>[[Mantisalca]]</div></div>
|etymology=Anagram of specific epithet salmantica
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 57, 67, 84
|treatment_page=page 173
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration;herbage architecture or shape"><b>Biennials </b>or perennials, 50–100 cm, herbage not spiny.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">petiolate (basal) or sessile (cauline);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade margin shape;blade margin shape;blade margin shape;blade margin pubescence;blade margin pubescence">blade margins ± lobed (proximal) or dentate or lobed (distal), sparsely hirsute (basal and proximal cauline) or glabrous (distal cauline).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="head arrangement;head arrangement"><b>Heads </b>radiant, borne singly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>ovoid to spheric, 10–15 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="phyllary quantity;phyllary size;phyllary fixation or orientation;phyllary shape;series quantity;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex texture;apex shape;spine height or length or size;spine duration"><b>Phyllaries </b>many in 6–8 series, unequal, appressed, ovate, margins entire, apices obtuse to acute, narrowly membranous fringed, each with a short deciduous spine.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="receptacle prominence or shape;receptacle architecture;receptacle pubescence"><b>Receptacles </b>flat, epaleate, long-bristly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="floret quantity"><b>Florets </b>many;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="outer floret architecture;corolla size;corolla architecture;corolla arrangement;staminode presence">outer neuter, corollas expanded and ± raylike, ± bilateral, staminodes present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="inner floret reproduction;corolla coloration or density;corolla arrangement;tube size;lobe arrangement or course or shape">inner fertile, corollas purple (rarely white), radial, tubes very slender, throats narrowly funnelform, lobes linear;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther base shape;apical appendage shape">anther bases tailed, apical appendages oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="portion fusion;node pubescence;portion fusion;portion size">style-branches: fused portions with minutely hairy nodes, distinct portions minute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela relief or texture;elaiosome architecture or shape;apex architecture or pubescence or relief;collar prominence;face pubescence;attachment scar orientation or shape;attachment scar position"><b>Cypselae </b>± barrel-shaped, ± compressed, with elaiosomes ribbed, transversely roughened, apices without prominent collars, smooth, faces glabrous, basal attachment scars oblique or lateral;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="series quantity;bristle fragility;bristle pubescence or relief;abaxial scale quantity">pappi of several series, outer of stiff, scabrous bristles, inner a single abaxial scale.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 9, 10, 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mediterranean region
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 4 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Mantisalca
|author=David J. Keil
|authority=Cassini
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Mediterranean region
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris
|publication year=1818
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae
|genus=Mantisalca
|abaxial scale quantity=single
|anther base shape=tailed
|apex architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|apex shape=fringed;obtuse;acute
|apex texture=membranous
|apical appendage shape=oblong
|attachment scar orientation or shape=oblique
|attachment scar position=lateral
|blade margin pubescence=glabrous;hirsute
|blade margin shape=lobed;dentate;lobed
|bristle fragility=stiff
|bristle pubescence or relief=scabrous
|collar prominence=prominent
|corolla architecture=raylike
|corolla arrangement=radial;bilateral
|corolla coloration or density=purple
|corolla size=expanded
|cypsela relief or texture=roughened
|cypsela shape=compressed;barrel--shaped
|elaiosome architecture or shape=ribbed
|face pubescence=glabrous
|floret quantity=many
|head arrangement=singly;radiant
|herbage architecture or shape=not spiny
|inner floret reproduction=fertile
|involucre diameter=10mm;15mm
|involucre shape=ovoid;spheric
|leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|lobe arrangement or course or shape=linear
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|node pubescence=hairy
|outer floret architecture=neuter
|phyllary fixation or orientation=appressed
|phyllary quantity=many
|phyllary shape=ovate
|phyllary size=unequal
|portion fusion=distinct;fused
|portion size=minute
|receptacle architecture=epaleate
|receptacle prominence or shape=flat
|receptacle pubescence=long-bristly
|series quantity=several;6;8
|spine duration=deciduous
|spine height or length or size=short
|staminode presence=absent
|stem architecture=branched
|stem orientation=erect
|tube size=slender
|whole-organism duration=perennial;biennial
|whole-organism some measurement=50cm;100cm
|x chromosome quantity=11;10;9
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