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Cirsium oleraceum - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Kressbronn am Bodensee, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 9/2011 © Jörn Germer

Cirsium oleraceum - Flower head, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower head, side view; Kressbronn am Bodensee, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 9/2011 © Jörn Germer

Cirsium oleraceum - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Cirsium oleraceum - Inflorescences - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescences; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer

Cirsium oleraceum - Inflorescence, side view - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, side view; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer

Cirsium oleraceum - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer

Cirsium oleraceum - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Cirsium oleraceum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1428
Date of entry: 31.10.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Cabbage thistle

German: Kohl-Kratzdistel

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Cirsium (4)

            Epithet: oleraceum Scop. (1)

Synonym: Carduus acanthifolius Lam.

acanthifolius => thorny-leaved

oleraceum => edible garden herb

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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