Scolymus maculatus
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Scolymus maculatus is a spiny annual plant in the family Asteraceae. It is known as scolyme taché in French, cardogna macchiata in Italian, ⵉⵙⵔⵉ in Tamazight cardo borriquero in Spanish, and escólimo-
Scolymus maculatus
Detail of a flower head
Scolymus hispanicus
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Scolymus hispanicus, the common golden thistle or Spanish oyster thistle, is a flowering plant in the genus Scolymus in the family Asteraceae, native to southern and western Europe, north to northwest
Scolymus maculatus
…are topped by three to seven bristles of smooth pappus hairs (and are encased by the paleae). The spined wings along the stems are uninterrupted. Scolymus hispanicus is an annual, biennial or perennial of up to 1.75 m (5+1⁄2 ft) high. It has one, two or three spiny dentate bracts subtending each flower head. The…
Scolymus hispanicus
Scolymus hispanicus inflorescence
inflorescence yellow flower
Spanish oyster flower