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| Cynara (Asteraceae) Not in the Student's Flora |
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| Cardoon
(Cynara cardunculus) is a large herb that has
sometimes become naturalised. The leaves are all basal, but are very
large (often >1m long), blue and deeply lobed with spines along
the margins. The flower heads
are large, with sharply-pointed phyllaries (the bracts around the
head). It is related to Globe Artichokes (Cynara scolymus),
but that species has soft phyllaries and the leaves lack spines. |
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