| Cirsium italicum | |
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| image of Cirsium italicum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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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]