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Botanical details
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- 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
Correct
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