Artichoke

Artichoke
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cynareae
Genus:	Cynara
Species:	Cynara cardunculus
Subspecies:	scolymus
Binomial name
Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus L.

Artichoke is commonly cultivated for its tender flower bud tissue, known as the heart. The leaf ribs are also edible but those of the related cardoon are more commonly eaten.

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