carduus latin
plumeless thistle

Get you some of this distill'd carduus benedictus and lay it to your heart.

Cardonnacum, derived from carduus, is Latin for a place with thistles.

The Romans called the vegetable carduus (whence the name cardoon).

Compare with Acanthotrophon carduus which has more numerous spines and is dull white in color.

The larvae feed on Cirsium and Carduus species.

The host plant for the larvae is usually a thistle of genus Cirsium or Carduus.

Jepson Manual treatment for Carduus - with California distribution map (introduced species).

The word is derived from the Latin carduus meaning teasel, as dried vegetable teasels were first used to comb the raw wool.

Carduus acanthoides (I)

There are three genera of giant rosette plants; Carduus, Senecio and Lobelia.

They feed on the flower nectar of various flowers, including Centaurea, Carduus and Knautia species.

The name Cardus refers to the thistle Carduus, in reference to the spiny thistle-like carapace.

Adults feed on nectar, mainly of Thistles (Cirsium and Carduus spp.)

Slender Thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus)

Other genera known as thistles include Carduus, Cynara, Onopordon, and Silybum.

Carduus acanthoides (Plumeless Thistle)

These differ from other thistle genera (Carduus, Silybum and Onopordum) in having feathered hairs to their achenes.

Other recorded foodplants include Carlina species in general, as well as Echinops, Carduus and Cirsium species.

The larvae feed on the seed heads of various Asteraceae species, including Carlina, Centaurea and Carduus species.

Carduelis is derived from carduus, the Latin word for thistle; the species name tristis is Latin for 'sorrowful'.

USDA Plants Profile for Carduus (plumeless thistle)

The larvae form a case beneath a leaf of a Carduus or Cirsiumspecies, although Arctium, Carlina and Centaurea may sometimes be used.

As in other species of Cirsium (but unlike species in the related genus Carduus), the pappus hairs are feathery with fine side hairs.

They are polyphagous and feed on various herbaceous plants, including Carduus, Daucus, Ferula, Onopordum and Salvia species.

The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean exactly those plants in the group Cynareae (synonym: Cardueae), especially the genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum.

Carduus acanthoides (Plumeless Thistle)

USDA Plants Profile for Carduus (plumeless thistle)

Carduus crispus, the Welted thistle or Curly plumeless thistle, is a biennial herb in the Asteraceae-sunflower family.

Carduus pycnocephalus, with common names including Italian thistle, Italian plumeless thistle, and Plymouth thistle, is a species of thistle.

Carduus acanthoides, known as the spiny plumeless thistle, welted thistle, and plumeless thistle, is a biennial plant species of thistle in the Asteraceae-sunflower family.

Carduus tenuiflorus, known variously as slender-flower thistle,, sheep thistle, shore thistle, slender thistle, winged plumeless thistle, winged slender thistle, and winged thistle) is a species of thistle.