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Milk Thistle

Silybum marianum

Milk Thistle is a spiky plant with beautiful purple flowers. It's known for its prickly leaves and white veins. Bees love to visit its flowers!

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Milk Thistle has striking purple, globe-shaped flowers surrounded by sharp, spiny bracts. Its large, glossy green leaves are distinctively marbled with bright white veins, giving them a milky appearance. This spiky plant often grows quite tall.

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Milk Thistle
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Milk Thistle

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient Greeks and Romans used Milk Thistle for its protective powers against various troubles!

Even though it's spiky, young Milk Thistle leaves and stems can be cooked and eaten like spinach!

One plant can produce thousands of seeds, ensuring new thistles sprout even after a tough year!

Some people believe its white leaf veins were inspired by milk from the Virgin Mary in an old legend!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Spiky Shield Armor

Milk Thistle has sharp spines on its leaves and flower bracts that help it defend against hungry herbivores.

Fähigkeit

Deep Root Drinker

Milk Thistle can grow a very long taproot that helps it find water deep underground to survive dry spells.

Fähigkeit

Wind-Powered Seeds

Each seed has a feathery tuft that lets the wind carry it far away to new growing spots.

Maße und Details

Höhe
60-200 cm
Ausbreitung
30-60 cm
Blütengröße
4-12 cm
Blütezeit
Sommer, Herbst
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Zweijährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

European Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Visits flowers for nectar and pollen.

eats

European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Feeds on its nutrient-rich seeds.

eats

Thistle Aphid

Uroleucon cirsii

Feeds on the sap from its stems and leaves.

parasitizes

Thistle Rust

Puccinia carduorum

A fungus that can infect Milk Thistle leaves.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Blessed ThistleHoly ThistleMarian Thistle

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Enjoy looking at Milk Thistle from a safe distance to avoid its prickly leaves.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Milk Thistle?

60-200 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Milk Thistle?

30-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Milk Thistle?

4-12 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Milk Thistle?

Sommer, Herbst

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Milk Thistle?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Milk Thistle?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Milk Thistle?

Zweijährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Milk Thistle?

Insekten

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