Carduus crispus, SE: Krustistel, DE: Krause Distel,
NL: Kruldistel, UK: Welted thistle

Scientific name:  Carduus crispus L.
Swedish name:  Krustistel
German name:  Krause Distel
Nederlandse naam:  Kruldistel
English name:  Curly plumeless thistle, Welted thistle
Family:  Asteraceae, Sunflower family, Korgblommiga växter

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Life form:  Perennial
Stems:  Height 50–180 cm, erect, continuously spiny-winged up to or nearly up to capitula
Leaves:  Basal, cauline leaves, blade margins, dentate, spiny, subglabrous on lowerside; heads in groups of 3–5
Flowers:  Dense terminal head of numerous tubular, bisexual disc-florets grouped together on a common receptacle
Flowering Period:  June, July, August, September
Fruits:  Cypsela, yellowish-brown, slightly flattened, smooth, crowned by a pappus of straight long hairs
Habitat:  Throughout the country, cultivated land, roadsides, pastures and fields.

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Derivation of the botanical name:
Carduus, thistle, the classical name.
crispus, curled; curly haired.
  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.

It is a favorite foodplant of caterpillars of the Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui [(Linnaeus, 1758) Synonym: Papilio cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)], which derives its specific name from their preference for thistles.

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