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Silybum marianum - Flower head, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower head, side view; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Silybum marianum - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Bragança, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Silybum marianum - Flower head, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower head, side view; Algoso, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Silybum marianum - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Silybum marianum - Flower head bud - Click to enlarge!

Flower head bud; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Silybum marianum - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Silybum marianum - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Silybum marianum - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Silybum marianum - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Parque Florestal de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal; 5/2010 © Jörn Germer

Silybum marianum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Bragança, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1068
Date of entry: 21.05.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Milk thistle, Spotted Thistle

German: Mariendistel

Portuguese: Cardo-de-Santa-Maria

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Silybum (2)

            Epithet: marianum (L.) Gaertn. (1)

marianum => referring to the Virgin Mary, or from Maryland, U.S.A.

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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