Appearance
"Cirsium oleraceum" is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5 m tall, the stems unbranched or with only a very few branches. The leaves are broad and ovoid, with a weakly spiny margin, being pinnatipartite. The flowers are produced in dense flower heads which are 2.5–4 cm diameter, pale yellow, but sometimes tinged pink.
Naming
Its specific epithet "oleraceum" means "vegetable/herbal" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus.References:
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