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Milk Thistle
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots »  order Asterales »  family Asteraceae

Scientific synonyms

Carduus marianus L.
Mariana mariana (L.) Hill

Other names

= Blessed Milk-thistle
= Blessed Milkthistle
= Bull Thistle
= Holy Thistle
= Lady's Thistle
= Spotted Thistle
= St. Mary's Thistle
= Variegated Artichoke
= Variegated Thistle

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Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle

Author: Petr Kocna

Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle

Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle

Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle

Author: Leif & Anita Stridvall

Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle

Author: Leif & Anita Stridvall

Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle

Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle

Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle

Author: Jan Ševčík

Silybum marianum - Milk Thistle

Author: Jan Ševčík
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Taxon in country check-lists*

Czech Republic, Israel

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Orobanche palaestina Reut.

consumer: Lixus filiformis (Fabricius, 1781), Cleonis pigra (Scopoli, 1763), Agapanthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1767), Phytoecia insignita Chevrolat, 1854

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Links and literature

CZ BOTANY.cz [silybum-marianum]
Hoskovec L. (ed.): BOTANY.cz [http://botany.cz]
EN Botanical Society of British Isles [as Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.]
Botanical Society of British Isles [http://www.bsbi.org.uk/], Botany Department, The Natural History Museum
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/11
EN Flora and Vegetation of Israel [as Silybum marianum]
Danin A.: Flora and Vegetation of Israel [http://www.botanic.co.il/A/defaulte.htm]
Data retrieved on: 2009/02/26
EN PLANTS Database [SIMA3]
PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]
CZ Kubát et al. (2002): Klíč ke květeně České republiky, Academia, Praha [as Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.]
EN Pyšek P., Sádlo J. & Mandák B. (2002): Catalogue of alien plants of the Czech Republic [http://www.preslia.cz/P022CPys.pdf], Preslia 74(2): 97–186, 2002. [as Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertner]
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