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Carduus macrocephalus

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View ISSG Record: Carduus macrocephalus

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Biennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Lepidoptera
Scent [1]  The flowers, and indeed the whole plant, give off a pleasing musk-like perfume.
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  The down of the plant is used to make paper; The seed of all species of thistles yields a good oil by expression; This species contains 41 - 44% oil;
Height [1]  35 inches (0.9 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
View Plants For A Future Record : Carduus macrocephalus

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♦ 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
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