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Carduus × nutanti-crispus

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Botanical details
Family
Asteraceae
Native to the UK
No
Genus

Carduus

Genus description

A genus of annual or biennial flowering plants known as 'plumeless thistles', native to Eurasia and Africa, many recognised as a nuisance to agricultural and horticultural crops. They have hairy, spiny upright stems and toothed. lobed foliage topped with rounded, bristly heads in white, pink or purple

Name status

Unresolved

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