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Milk Thistle
Silybum marianum
About
Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk thistle, blessed milkthistle, Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Saint Mary's thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle. This species is an annual or biennial plant of the Asteraceae family. This fairly typical thistle has red to purple flowers and shiny pale green leaves with white veins. Originally a native of Southern Europe through to Asia, it is now found throughout the world.
- Family
- Asteraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Milk Thistle
- Slug
- milk-thistle
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Silybum
- Species
- marianum
- Category
- Herb
- Wikidata QID
- Q193798
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48
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