Carduus

L

carduus

Any kind of thistle. The most invasive in fields (as its name indicates) is Cirsium arvense.

Flora Eur. 1487

E creeping thistle, field thistle, Canada thistle (that's unfair, eh?) S

Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

old Carduus arvensis

G Acker-Kratzdistel F chardon des champs I stoppione

G. 1.152

E. 5.39

 

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Photo (c) Henriette Kress, http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed

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Photo (c) Henriette Kress, http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed

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Martyn and Fée took carduus to be Centaurea solstistialis.

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