Cnicus.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
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Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop.
Engl.: European woolly thistle, woolly thistle.
Deu.: Wollkopf-Kratzdistel, Woll-Kratzdistel, Wollkopf-Distel, Wollköpfige Kratzdistel.
Sven.: klottistel.
Suom.: villaohdake.
Bot. syn.: Carduus eriophorus L., Cnicus eriophorus (L.) Roth.
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