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An adult plant<br /> | An adult plant<br /> | ||
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A young plant in flower.<br /> | A young plant in flower.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Cynara cardunculus Cardoon artichoke thistle.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
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This is called a bud and it is the edible part of the plant consisting of the heart and the fleshy outside leaves that enclose it.<br /> | This is called a bud and it is the edible part of the plant consisting of the heart and the fleshy outside leaves that enclose it.<br /> | ||
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A new plant<br /> | A new plant<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Cynara cardunculus Cardoon Artichoke Thistle-005.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
A mature leaf.<br /> | A mature leaf.<br /> | ||
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | ||
Latest revision as of 12:39, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Plantae
(Unranked): Angiosperms
(Unranked): Eudicots
(Unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cynara
Species: C. cardunculus
Binomial name: Cynara cardunculus
Synonym: Cynara scolymus
Common names: Artichoke thistle, Cardoon thistle, Cardoon, Cardone, Cardoni, Carduni, Cardi
Cynara cardunculus is an exotic plant now fully naturalised in New Zealand. It is a stout herbaceous perennial plant growing 0.8 to 1.5 tall, with deeply lobed and heavily spined green to grey-green tomentose leaves up to 50 cm long, with yellow spines up to 3.5 cm long. Use extreme caution when handling due to these spines.
The flowers of the cardoon are thistle-like with globular heads, from which mauve-purple tufts into a flat-topped inflorescence (there is also a white-flowered form of C. cardunculus).
The flowers which appear late spring/mid summer are thistle-like with globular heads, from which mauve-purple tufts into a flat-topped inflorescence (there is also a white-flowered form of C. cardunculus).
Its massive spined capitulum is up to 6 cm in diameter. They are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by bees and Lepidoptera.
It is the naturally occurring form of the same species as the globe artichoke and has many cultivated varieties. It is native to the western and central Mediterranean region, where it was domesticated in ancient times.
It has become an invasive weed in the pampas of Argentina and is also considered a weed in Australia and California.
For more details of this edible plant.
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cynara+cardunculus
An adult plant
A young plant in flower.
This is called a bud and it is the edible part of the plant consisting of the heart and the fleshy outside leaves that enclose it.
A new plant
A mature leaf.
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
