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Carduus nutans is a biennial plant in the daisy and sunflower family Asteraceae with the common names musk thistle, [1] nodding thistle, and nodding plumeless thistle.It is native to regions of Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa, where it is a scattered pasture plant.
Carduus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, and the tribe Cardueae, one of two genera considered to be true thistles, the other being Cirsium. [2] Plants of the genus are known commonly as plumeless thistles .
Carduus acanthoides: spiny plumeless thistle Carduus nutans [1] musk thistle Centaurea solstitialis: yellow star-thistle Cuscuta californica: chaparral dodder Cirsium vulgare [1] spear thistle Hedypnois cretica: cretanweed Eragrostis cilianensis: stinkgrass Kali tragus: prickly Russian thistle Puccinellia distans: weeping alkaligrass Rubus ...
Carduus nutans†‡ [2] – musk thistle, nodding thistle, nodding plumeless thistle; Centaurea calcitrapa†‡ [2] – red star-thistle, purple starthistle; Centaurea diffusa†‡ [2] – diffuse knapweed, white knapweed, tumble knapweed
The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus / ˈ s ɪ n ər ə k ɑːr ˈ d ʌ n k j ʊ l ə s /), [2] [3] also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae.It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms, including the globe artichoke.
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Carduus tenuiflorus: Slender thistle Carduus pycnocephalus: Plymouth thistle * Carduus crispus: Welted thistle Carduus nutans: Musk thistle Cirsium eriophorum: Woolly thistle Cirsium vulgare: Spear thistle Cirsium dissectum: Meadow thistle Cirsium tuberosum: Tuberous thistle Cirsium erisithales: Yellow thistle * Cirsium heterophyllum ...
[9] [10] The habitat is open ground near rivers, streams or flushes in unimproved grassland, usually on calcareous soils, including montane pasture. where it flies from July–October. The larvae mine the stems of Carduus nutans.