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Common name

English: Cotton thistle, Scotch thistle

German: Eselsdistel

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Asterales (224)

        Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)

          Genus: Onopordum (2)

            Epithet: acanthium L. (1)

acanthium => thorny

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple

External links

Check for Onopordum acanthium at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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