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Common names: Blessed milkthistle, Milk thistle, Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Saint Mary's thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, Variegated thistle, Scotch thistle, Cardus marianus
Botanical name & synonyms: Silybum marianum, Carduus lactifolius, Carduus mariae, Carduus marianus, Carduus versicolor, Carthamus maculatus, Centaurea dalmatica, Cirsium maculatum, Mariana lactea, Mariana mariana, Silybum maculatum, Silybum mariae, Silybum pygmaeum
Family: Aster, daisy, sunflower (Asteraceae, Compositae)
native of Southern Europe to Asia
annual or biennial
50 to 150cm
flower VI to IX
plant community: wasteland, steppe meadow, rock garden
medicinal plant
weight of 1000 seeds = 25 gram
Sow at 20ºC (68ºF), germinates in less than two weeks.
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