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Silybum marianum
About
Silybum marianum is a species of thistle. It has various common names including 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 family Asteraceae. This fairly typical thistle has red to purple flowers and shiny pale green leaves with white veins. Once native from Southern Europe through Asia, it has spread throughout the world.
- Family
- Asteraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Silybum marianum
- Slug
- silybum-marianum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Silybum
- Species
- marianum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 40
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