" Carduus nutans"
Musk thistle, nodding thistle

 

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June - September. Flowers in big heads till 5 cm with wide bracts.
 
 
Regularly
  
 
Garden corners, sunny and stony.
  
 
Sun
  
   
From seeds in spring.
  
 
Rich limy soil , loose, and with good drainage.
  

Another types of " Cardus"

 

 

Cardus acanthoides ---------------- Welted thistle

Carduus bourgeanus --------------- .............

Cardus carlinoides ------------------ ...............

Carduus cernuus --------------------- ...................

Carduus crispus ------------------- ...............

Carduus defloratus ---------------- ...............

Carduus meonanthus ----------- ...............

Carduus nigrecens --------------- ...............

Cardus personata ------------------- .....................

Cardus pycnocephalus ------------- ..............

Cardus tenuiflorus -------------------- Slender thistle

 

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