Cirsium italicum

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Cirsium italicum
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Carduinae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. italicum
Binomial name
Cirsium italicum
DC.
Synonyms [1]
  • Carduus italicus(DC.) Savi (1818)
  • Cnicus italicus(DC.) Seb. & Mauri (1818)
  • Epitrachys italica(DC.) Bureš, Del Guacchio, Iamonico & P.Caputo
  • Eriolepis italica(DC.) Cass. (1827)

Cirsium italicum is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is a thistle native to Europe and Turkey, ranging from Germany, France, and Italy to Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, and northwestern Turkey. [1]

The species was first named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1813. [1]

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