Flower head; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Flower head; Klammbachschlucht, Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; Plieningen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer
Flower heads close-up; Plieningen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Flower head; Plieningen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer
Flower heads; Plieningen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Infructescence; Klammbachschlucht, Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Plieningen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Plieningen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Plieningen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Klammbachschlucht, Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 875
Date of entry: 13.07.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Creeping Thistle
German: Acker-Kratzdistel
Mandarin: 丝路蓟 (si lu ji)
Portuguese: Cardo-das-vinhas
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet
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