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Carduus personata is a perennial thistle from the daisy family, native to mountain regions of Central Europe, the Alps, Apennines, Carpathians and Balkans. It grows best in cool, moist, fertile soil in partial shade, such as woodland edges and stream banks.
Carduus personata is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae.
This species mainly occurs in the mountains of Central Europe, in the Alps, the Apennines, in the Carpathians, in the Sudetes and in the Balkans. These plants prefer various moist and fertile soils (meadows, wet woodlands of mountains, etc.) and environments with debris, in partial shade. They can also be found on the banks of the streams. In the Alps, they can be found at altitudes of 500–2,300 metres (1,600–7,500 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carduus personata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
