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Bieberstein's Thistle

Carlina biebersteinii

Bieberstein's Thistle
Photo: User:Pipi69e, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Europe to Siberia and Türkiye
Climate
temperate

About

Carlina biebersteinii is a purple-flowered herb in the tribe Cardueae of the family Asteraceae. It is found in Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and in the Xinjiang region of China. It grows in dry meadows and thickets.

Carlina biebersteinii Bernh. ex Hornem., Suppl. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 94. 1819.

Other Carlina plants

Carline Thistle · Carlina corymbosa · Involucrate Carline Thistle · Carlina hispanica · African Carline Thistle · Carlina lanata · Carlina racemosa · Carlina salicifolia · Carline thistle · Carline thistle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carlina biebersteinii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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