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Carduus crispus (curly plumeless thistle)

Synonyms: Carduus crispus var. albus; Carduus crispus var. crispus (pro parte); Carduus crispus var. microcephalus; Carduus personata agrestis; Polycantha crispus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Carduus crispus, the curly plumeless thistle or welted thistle, is a biennial herb in the Asteraceae—daisy family. It is native to Europe and Asia. The plant is found from Southwestern Europe, through Scandinavia and Siberia, to Eastern Asia. It is also found in the disputed region of Kashmir.
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Infraspecies

Carduus crispus crispus
Carduus crispus dahuricus
Carduus crispus multiflorus

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  The root may be slightly toxic;
Lifespan [1]  Biennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Lepidoptera
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  The seed of all species of thistles yields a good oil by expression; No details of potential yields etc are given;
Height [1]  35 inches (0.9 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Rich
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
View Plants For A Future Record : Carduus crispus

Protected Areas

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Golovinomyces cichoracearum[5]
Microbotryum cardui[5]
Puccinia calcitrapae[5]
Puccinia cnici[5]
Puccinia cnici-oleracei[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0