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Carduus tenuiflorus - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Castelo Mendo, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Carduus tenuiflorus - Flower head, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower head, side view; Castelo Mendo, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Carduus tenuiflorus - Flower heads - Click to enlarge!

Flower heads; Castelo Mendo, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Carduus tenuiflorus - Branches - Click to enlarge!

Branches; Castelo Mendo, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Carduus tenuiflorus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Castelo Mendo, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2120
Date of entry: 13.06.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Slender-flower thistle

German: Dünnköpfige Distel

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Carduus (3)

            Epithet: tenuiflorus Curtis (1)

Synonym: Carduus argiroa Nyman

tenuiflorus => slender-flowered, fine-flowered

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple

External links

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