Images of milk thistle
PHOTOS OF MILK THISTLE
Head flower of Silybum marianum
General aspect of Silybum marianum
Detail of a leaf of Silybum marianum
| Silybum marianum – (Milk thistle) : Annual or biennial herb from the composite family very robust, which may reach 150 cm tall. Basal leaves with stalks, up ones without stalks.All of them white spotted or veined, lobed and spiny. Red-purple flower heads till 4 cm, with long curved bracts. In uncultivated lands and by the side of the paths.
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