




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!
生息地: Grasslands
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.





カテゴリ
植物レア度
Common
危険度
2/5 · 低い
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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!
Milk Thistle has sharp spines on its leaves and flower bracts that help it defend against hungry herbivores.
Milk Thistle can grow a very long taproot that helps it find water deep underground to survive dry spells.
Each seed has a feathery tuft that lets the wind carry it far away to new growing spots.
Apis mellifera
Visits flowers for nectar and pollen.
Carduelis carduelis
Feeds on its nutrient-rich seeds.
Uroleucon cirsii
Feeds on the sap from its stems and leaves.
Puccinia carduorum
A fungus that can infect Milk Thistle leaves.
危険度
2/5 · 低い
Enjoy looking at Milk Thistle from a safe distance to avoid its prickly leaves.
60-200 cm
30-60 cm
4-12 cm
夏, 秋
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二年生
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