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Carduus L.

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Carduus L., Sp. Pl. 820-826 (1753)
Carduus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
820-826
ICN
Carduus L.
genus
Carduus

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Carduus

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Carduus L.

Annual to perennial herbs. Stems winged. Hairs soft and multicellular, or cobwebby, sometimes papillate. Lvs alternate, sessile or cuneate at base, simple, dentate to pinnatisect; lobes and teeth spine-tipped. Capitula homogamous, cylindric to ovoid, globose, obconic or hemispheric, solitary or in clusters. Involucral bracts in several series, lanceolate to linear, evenly tapered or with a narrow claw and broader limb; hairs papillate, cobwebby, or 0; outer bracts usually spine-tipped. Receptacle flat; scales numerous, setaceous. Florets ☿, all tubular. Corolla glabrous, 5-lobed, usually purple, rarely pink to white. Anthers acute at apex, with basal appendages 0.5-1.5 mm long; filaments ciliate or papillate. Style branches linear, erect, appressed. Achenes obovoid, weakly flattened, glabrous, smooth; achene insertion basal; pappus hairs in several rows, soft or ± stiff, silvery or sordid, scabrid, united at base into a ring.

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Carduus L.
Australia
Carduus L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Carduus L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Carduus L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District

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cdfbb959-7d28-44ed-90c9-d22b2f51f3db
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1 January 2000
13 August 2008
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