Onopordum tauricum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Carduinae
Genus: Onopordum
Species: Onopordum tauricum
Name

Onopordum tauricum Willd., 1803
Synonyms

Onopordum argolicum Boiss.
Onopordum corymbosum Willk.
Onopordum corymbosum subsp. visegradense Franco
Onopordum elatum Sibth. & Sm.
Onopordum virens DC.
Onopordum viscosum Hornem. ex Spreng.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
France, Germany, Italy, Sardinia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Skopje, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., European Turkey, Ukraine, Crimea
Continental: Asie
Northern Caucasus, Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia), Lebanon (Antilebanon).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Willdenow, C.L.v., Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 3(3): 1687. 1803.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Onopordum tauricum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Onopordum tauricum. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Onopordum tauricum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29.
Tropicos.org 2018. Onopordum tauricum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 29.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Onopordum tauricum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
Türkçe: Eşekdikeni
Onopordum tauricum, the Taurian thistle or bull cottonthistle, is a species of thistle. It is native to Eurasia and is known in the western United States as an introduced species. It easily becomes a noxious weed, similar to its relative, Onopordum acanthium.

This is a biennial herb producing a sticky, glandular, very spiny stem up to 2 meters tall. The spiny, bright light green leaves are up to 25 centimeters long and are divided into triangular lobes. The inflorescence is made up of several large flower heads each up to 7 centimeters wide. They are lined with long, spiny phyllaries and bear pink-purple tubular flowers up to 3 centimeters long.
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