Carduus pycnocephalus L.

English: Compact-headed Thistle

German: Knäuelköpfige Distel

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Carduus (3)

            Epithet: pycnocephalus L. (1)

pycnocephalus => with heads arranged in dense clusters

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

Check for Carduus pycnocephalus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [1297] Carduus pycnocephalus - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [38] Burnie, D. (2007): Mediterrane Wildpflanzen. Naturbibliothek, Dorling Kindersley Verlag, München, Germany.