Plant Details

Accepted name:: Onopordum acanthium L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Onopordum acanthium subsp. acanthium

Onopordum acanthium var. araneosotomentosum (Rech.f.) Parsa

Onopordum acanthium subsp. ceretanum (Sennen) Arènes

Onopordum acanthium subsp. gautieri (Rouy) R.C.V.Douin

Onopordum acanthium subsp. gypsicola Gonz.Sierra, Pérez Morales, Penas & Rivas Mart.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cardo-bastardo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cardo-espinhoso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cardo-selvagem	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cotton thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gewöhnliche eselsdistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
giant thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
heraldic thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kadimki koko tiken	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
okkarrak	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
onoporde acanthe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
onopordum	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
scotch cotton thistle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scotch cottonthistle	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scotch thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
scottish thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shokāyi	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tatamik obyknovennyy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
tooba	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
ulltistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
woolly thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
شكاعي	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit and root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
leaves, roots, seeds, inflorescence, stem		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Onopordon acanthium	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Onopordon acanthium L.	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Onopordum acanthium L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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