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Galactites
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Galactites

Galactites is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle family. The name is derived from the Greek γάλα (= "milk"). The best known species is Galactites tomentosa.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Boar Thistle

speciesGalactites tomentosus

Galactites duriaei

speciesGalactites duriaei

Galactites mutabilis

speciesGalactites mutabilis

Galactites × rigualii

hybridGalactites × rigualii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71190.