Silvery Plumed Thistle / شَوك عَنتَر

خِرفَيش صَغير / قَردوس فِضّي / خرشوف / Silvery Thistle

Carduus argentatus L.

Stem, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
April to May
Seed collection period
June to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Crimson
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Carduus L.
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q1030070
GBIF Item
Carduus argentatus L. (3114662)

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Carduus argentatus L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-07-31.

Citation

Carduus argentatus L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/823 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.

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