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Cynara cardunculus
About
The cardoon, also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms, including the globe artichoke. It is native to the Mediterranean region, where it was domesticated in ancient times and still occurs as a wild plant.
- Family
- Asteraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Cynara cardunculus
- Slug
- cynara-cardunculus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cynara
- Species
- cardunculus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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