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Carlina corymbosa

Carlina corymbosa
Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0

Carlina corymbosa, the clustered carline thistle, is a hardy perennial thistle-like herb of dry, sunny Mediterranean grasslands and scrub. It grows well in full sun and well-drained soil, and is grown mainly by enthusiasts of wild and native flowers.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, poor to moderately fertile soil, including gravel or chalky ground.
Temperature
10–30 °C; hardy to about -15 °C once established
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Europe to Türkiye

About

Carlina corymbosa, common name clustered carline thistle, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Carlina, belonging to the family Asteraceae.

Where it grows

This plant is native to the Mediterranean and it is present in Albania, Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, Corsica, Crete, France, Greece, Spain, Italy, former Jugoslavia, Sardinia, Sicily and Turkey.

Other Carlina plants

Carline Thistle · Bieberstein's Thistle · 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 corymbosa 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.

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