Carlina

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Carlina vulgaris
Carlina vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Carlina
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Species

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Carlina (carline thistle) is a genus of about 30 species of thistles in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, north Africa and Asia. The highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region, and only one species (C. biebersteinii) as far east as China.

Selected species
  • Carlina acanthifolia
  • Carlina acaulis – Stemless Carline Thistle
  • Carlina barnebiana
  • Carlina biebersteinii
  • Carlina corymbosa (syn. C. curetum)
  • Carlina diae
  • Carlina fiumensis
  • Carlina frigida
  • Carlina lanata
  • Carlina macrocephala
  • Carlina onopordifolia
  • Carlina racemosa
  • Carlina sicula
  • Carlina sitiensis
  • Carlina tragacanthifolia
  • Carlina vulgaris – Common Carline Thistle

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