Atractylis carduus | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Atractylis carduus | C.Chr.
Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Plants
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species is a locally common and widespread in the north-west of the UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It has also been recently recorded at Jebel Hafeet (Sakkir and Brown 2014). The global distribution of this species extends from the South and East Mediterranean to South Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is a perennial/annual herb and it flowers from February to April (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Mahmoud et al. 2018). It is found on sand and gravel plains, but also on limestone hills (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Mahmoud et al. 2018). The plant can grow to 15 cm in height, displaying grey-green, woolly leaves with spines in addition to cream solitary flowers (Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is occasionally eaten by camels when other, preferred, vegetation is scare (Norton et al. 2009).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is quite widespread within the UAE, in addition to being locally common within its preferred habitats. The species is assessed as Least Concern.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
There is no information available.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Atractylis carduus Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Atractylis