Photo: Rhaponticum carthamoides 02.

... so first you pull it apart (this is hard work) ... Bromarv, Finland. Processed. 1998-08-01.

Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.) Iljin.
Engl.: maral root, Russian leuzea.
Deu.: Hirschwurzel, Alpen-Bergscharte, Rhapontikum, Riesen-Bergscharte.
Suom.: maraljuuri, rohtomaraljuuri, maraalinjuuri.
Sven.: maralrot, reinrot.
Bot. syn.: Centaurea carthamoides (Willd.) Benth., Cirsium carthamoides (Willd.) Link, Cnicus carthamoides Willd., Leuzea carthamoides (Willd.) DC., Stemmacantha carthamoides (Willd.) Dittrich.