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Carduus nutans - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Carduus nutans - Developing flower heads - Click to enlarge!

Developing flower heads; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Carduus nutans - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Carduus nutans - Stem section - Click to enlarge!

Stem section; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Carduus nutans - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 850
Date of entry: 21.06.2008
Last update: 13.01.2021

Common name

English: Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle

German: Nickende Distel

Mandarin: 飞廉 (fei lian)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2629)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)

      Order: Asterales (236)

        Family: Asteraceae (220)(family description)

          Genus: Carduus (3)

            Epithet: nutans L. (2)

Synonyms: Carduus armenus Boiss., Carduus nutans Briq. & Cavill.

armenus => of Armenian origin

nutans => nodding, drooping

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

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