Cirsium oleraceum, Cabbage thistle - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Cabbage thistle

Botanical name & synonyms: Cirsium oleraceum, Cnicus oleraceus, Cnicus pratensis, Cnicus bracteatus, Carduus oleraceus, Carduus acanthifolius, Carduus parviflorus, Carduus rigens, Carduus tataricus, Cirsium braunii, Cirsium flavescens, Cirsium pallens, Cirsium parviflorum, Cirsium praemorsum, Cirsium rigens, Cirsium subalatum, Cirsium thomasii, Cirsium variabile, Cynara colorata

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

• native to temperate Eurasia
  

• perennial
  

• 50 to 150cm
  

• flower VII to IX
  

• plant community: wet meadow, marsh meadow
  

• for butterflies, for bees & bumblebees
  

• culinary herb
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 2 gram