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Carduus crispus - L.

Common Name Welted Thistle, Curly plumeless thistle
Family Asteraceae
USDA hardiness 6-9
Known Hazards The root may be slightly toxic[178].
Habitats Waste ground, cultivated fields and roadsides in Japan[58].
Range Europe to Asia. A rare casual in Britain[17].
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Weed Potential Yes
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Fully Hardy Moist Soil Full sun
Carduus crispus Welted Thistle, Curly plumeless thistle


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Carduus crispus Welted Thistle, Curly plumeless thistle
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Summary


Physical Characteristics

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Carduus crispus is a BIENNIAL growing to 0.9 m (3ft).
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 7. It is in flower from May to August, and the seeds ripen from July to August. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Bees, Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies).
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil and can tolerate drought.

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Synonyms

Plant Habitats

 Cultivated Beds;

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Leaves  Oil
Edible Uses: Oil

Young leaves - cooked[105]. An emergency food, used when all else fails[177].

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Medicinal Uses

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Alterative  Anodyne

The root is alterative and anodyne[178, 218].

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Other Uses

Oil

The seed of all species of thistles yields a good oil by expression[4]. No details of potential yields etc are given[K]. A favorite foodplant of caterpillars of the Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui).

Special Uses

References   More on Other Uses

Cultivation details

Succeeds in a sunny position in ordinary garden soil[1, 200]. This species is closely related to C. acanthoides[17].

References   Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information

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Plant Propagation

Seed - sow spring in situ.

Other Names

If available other names are mentioned here

Curly plumeless thistle, welted thistle, Denmark: Kruset tidsel. Sweden: Krustistel.

Native Range

TEMPERATE ASIA: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia (Ciscaucasia), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation (Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovskaja oblast, Krasnoyarsk, Kurganskaja oblast, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen, Tyva, Respublika, Yakutia-Sakha), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation (Habarovskij kraj, Primorye, Amur, Kamcatskij kraj, Magadanskaja oblast, Sakhalin), China, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku), Korea, South, Korea, North TROPICAL ASIA: India (Jammu and Kashmir) EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Russian Federation (European part), Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym), Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, France

Weed Potential

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A noxious weed in several U.S. states, including Arkansas, Iowa, West Virginia.

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status : This taxon has not yet been assessed.

IUCN Red List

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Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

 

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Readers comment

cripy   Sun Aug 27 2006

i just have a question. is it very rare?

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