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Cardoon

Cynara cardunculus

Habitat:

Native to the mediterranean.

Notes:

It is a farming variety.

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5 Comments

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 12 years ago

Thank you for the ID!
My father has confirmed it :)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thats good. We grow these at my work and I recognized the flower right away.

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 12 years ago

dandoucette, you are right!, It is a Cynara cardunculus.
It is cultivated (Possibly by one member of my family and I didn't know :P )

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 12 years ago

Thank you hookgv!
I have been searching information an I think is an endemism of the south of Spain. It could be Cynara humilis, but I am not sure.

hookgv
hookgv 12 years ago

Looks like Scotch Thistle

Noe and Pili
Spotted by
Noe and Pili

Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain

Spotted on Jun 19, 2011
Submitted on Jun 21, 2011

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