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Carduus arabicus
Carduus arabicus, the Arabian thistle, is a biennial thistle in the daisy family that grows wild across parts of Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East and Central Asia. It is a wild weed of dry open ground rather than a garden plant, so it is not normally grown for care.
Carduus arabicus, known as the Arabian thistle, is a biennial plant species of thistle in the family Asteraceae.
Grows in Europe (Albania, Greece, Italy [incl. h. Sicily], Ukraine (Crimea), North Caucasus), Asia (Afghanistan, Gulf countries, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Tajikistan, South Caucasus, Turkey [incl. h. European], Turkmenistan), Egypt [in t. h. Sinai].
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