Carlina vulgaris, Carline Thistle - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Carline thistle

Botanical name & synonyms: Carlina vulgaris, Carlina flavispina, Carlina rhodopaea, Carlina semiamplexicaulis, Carlina striata, Carlina longifolia, Carlina stricta, Carlina taurica, Carlina vulgaris subsp. longifolia, Carlina vulgaris subsp. stricta, Carlina vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

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

• native to Europe, West-Asia
  

• perennial
  

• 15 to 40 cm
  

• flower VII to IX
  

• plant community: nutrient-poor grassland

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 1,1 gram