Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus)


Common name: Cardoon
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cynara
Species cardunculus

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Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9a)

I can not get this plant to grow at all. I think it's the same height as when I got it...I have it in a pot, maybe that is why?

It's a biennial so it stays pretty small the first year. It's in the second year that it bolts with the flowers.

dave

Mirpur (A.K), Pakistan(Zone 9b)

Beautiful blooms. And here is wild Cardoons.
Kaleem

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ROSLINDALE, MA

gumlla's picture is of milk thistle, Silybum mariana, not cardoon.

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