Cirsium oleraceum | |
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Painting by C. A. M. Lindman [1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Cirsium |
Species: | C. oleraceum
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Binomial name | |
Cirsium oleraceum | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Synonymy
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Cirsium oleraceum, the cabbage thistle [3] or Siberian thistle, is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium within the family Asteraceae, native to central and eastern Europe and Asia, where it grows in wet lowland soils. [4]
Cirsium oleraceum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5 m tall, the stems unbranched or with only a very few branches. The leaves are broad and ovoid, with a weakly spiny margin, being pinnatipartite. The flowers are produced in dense flower heads which are 2.5–4 cm diameter, pale yellow, but sometimes tinged pink. [5]
Its specific epithet oleraceum means "vegetable/herbal" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus (oleraceus). [6] [7]
For cooking: In salads the young stems and leaves are edible, and cultivated for food in Japan and India.
oleraceus, holeraceus = relating to vegetables or kitchen garden
L. holeraceus, prop. oleraceus, herb-like, holus, prop. olus (oler-), herbs, vegetables
Cirsium oleraceum | |
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Painting by C. A. M. Lindman [1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Cirsium |
Species: | C. oleraceum
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Binomial name | |
Cirsium oleraceum | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Synonymy
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Cirsium oleraceum, the cabbage thistle [3] or Siberian thistle, is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium within the family Asteraceae, native to central and eastern Europe and Asia, where it grows in wet lowland soils. [4]
Cirsium oleraceum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5 m tall, the stems unbranched or with only a very few branches. The leaves are broad and ovoid, with a weakly spiny margin, being pinnatipartite. The flowers are produced in dense flower heads which are 2.5–4 cm diameter, pale yellow, but sometimes tinged pink. [5]
Its specific epithet oleraceum means "vegetable/herbal" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus (oleraceus). [6] [7]
For cooking: In salads the young stems and leaves are edible, and cultivated for food in Japan and India.
oleraceus, holeraceus = relating to vegetables or kitchen garden
L. holeraceus, prop. oleraceus, herb-like, holus, prop. olus (oler-), herbs, vegetables