Inflorescence; Sulzberg, Allgäu, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer
Flower head; Cambedo, Vieira do Minho, Braga, Portugal; 6/2011 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence, side view; Sulzberg, Allgäu, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer
Inflorescence; Cambedo, Vieira do Minho, Braga, Portugal; 6/2011 © Jörn Germer
Upper surface of leaf; Cambedo, Vieira do Minho, Braga, Portugal; 6/2011 © Jörn Germer
Stem section; Cambedo, Vieira do Minho, Braga, Portugal; 6/2011 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Cambedo, Vieira do Minho, Braga, Portugal; 6/2011 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1732 Date of entry: 29.06.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: European swamp thistle
German: Sumpf-Kratzdistel
Portuguese: Cardo-palustre
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Cirsium (4)
Epithet: palustre (L.) Coss. ex Scop. (2)
palustre => marshy
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet
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