Cirsium eriophorum, Woolly thistle - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Woolly thistle

Botanical name & synonyms: Cirsium eriophorum, Carduus eriophorus, Carduus spurius, Carduus tomentosus, Carthamus ferox, Cirsium chatenieri, Cirsium chodatii, Cirsium corbariense var. costae, Cirsium dinaricum, Cirsium eriocephalum, Cirsium insubricum, Cirsium oviforme, Cirsium proponticum, Cirsium vandasii, Cirsium velenowskyi, Cnicus cinaroides, Cnicus eriophorus, Cnicus spinosissimus, Epitrachys propontica

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

• native to Europe
  

• annual
  

• 50 to 150cm
  

• flower VII to IX
  

• plant community: ruderal, wasteland
  

• for butterflies
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 9 gram