Habit of vegetative plant; Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, UK; 8/2011 © Sal Soares
Seeds; Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, UK; 8/2011 © Sal Soares
Seedling; Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, UK; 8/2011 © Sal Soares
Identifier: 1825 Date of entry: 06.10.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Syrian Wild Artichoke
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Cynara (5)
Epithet: syriaca Boiss. (2)
syriaca => from Syria
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, purple
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