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Golden Thistles
Scolymus
Scolymus is a genus of annual, biennial or perennial, herbaceous plants that is assigned to the Daisy family, and can be found in Macaronesia, around the Mediterranean, and in the Middle East. All species are spiny, thistle-like in appearance, with flowerheads that consist of yellow (rarely orange or white) ligulate florets, and canals that contain latex. It is known as سكوليمس (skwlyms) in Arab, scolyme in French, and is sometimes called golden thistle or oyster thistle...
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.85
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.826
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.824
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.938
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.313
Illustrations and Descriptions of Plants
Dominicus Chabrae · 1678 · p.734
In the stacks
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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 72352.