Cardoon

Cardoon
Plants in bloom, Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina Natural Park, Portugal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cynareae
Genus:	Cynara
Species:	C. cardunculus
Binomial name
Cynara cardunculus L.
Synonyms
Carduus cardunculus (L.) Baill. Carduus cynara E.H.L.Krause Carduus scolymus Baill. Cnicus communis Lam. Cynara communis Lam. Cynara corsica Viv. Cynara esculenta Salisb. Cynara ferox Ten. ex Steud. Cynara horrida Aiton Cynara hortensis Mill. Cynara spinosissima J.Presl & C.Presl Cynara sylvestris Lam.

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