Photo: Carlina acanthifolia 0.
Botanical name:
subsp. cynara. Plant - the flower is closed, perhaps because it's raining. Gothenburg bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-12.
subsp. cynara. Plant - the flower is closed, perhaps because it's raining. Gothenburg bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-12.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Carlina acanthifolia All.
Engl.: acanthus-leaved thistle, golden thistle.
Deu.: Akanthusblättrige Eberwurz, Bärenklaublättrige Eberwurz.
Sven.: akantustistel.
Suom.: akanttikurho.
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