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Onopordum acanthium - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Halle, Germany; 7/2010 © Julia Roeser

Onopordum acanthium - Flower head bud - Click to enlarge!

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

Onopordum acanthium - Flower head, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower head, side view; Halle, Germany; 7/2010 © Julia Roeser

Onopordum acanthium - Stem section - Click to enlarge!

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

Onopordum acanthium - Habit - Click to enlarge!

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

Onopordum acanthium - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Halle, Germany; 7/2010 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 2126
Date of entry: 16.06.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Cotton thistle, Scotch thistle

German: Eselsdistel

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Onopordum (3)

            Epithet: acanthium L. (1)

acanthium => thorny

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple

External links

Check for Onopordum acanthium at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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