Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Cirsium vulgare subsp. crinitum (Boiss. ex DC.) Arènes

Cirsium vulgare var. litorale P.D.Sell

Cirsium vulgare subsp. silvaticum (Tausch) Arènes

Cirsium vulgare subsp. vulgare

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bull thistle	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
scotch thistle	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
spear thistle	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carduus spinosissimus Gerbi Storia Nat. Nuovo Insetto: 9 (1794), nom. illeg.
Carduus vulgaris Savi Fl. Pis. 2: 241 (1798).
Epitrachys vulgaris (Savi) K.Koch Linnaea 24: 402 (1851).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cirsium vulgare	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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