Carduus nutans, Musk thistle - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Musk thistle, nodding thistle, nodding plumeless thistle

Botanical name & synonyms: Carduus nutans, Carduus armenus, Carduus attenuatus, Carduus coloratus, Carduus kondratjukii, Carduus leiophyllus, Carduus macrocephalus, Carduus macrolepis, Carduus phyllolepis, Carduus propinquus, Carduus schischkinii, Carduus songoricus

Family: Aster, daisy, sunflower (Asteraceae, Compositae)

• native to parts of Europe and North-Africa
  

• annual or biennial
  

• 30 to 100 cm
  

• flower VII to IX
  

• plant community: waste ground, ruderal

• for bees & bumblebees

• for butterflies

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 2 gram