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Cnicus
Cnicus benedictus (St. Benedict's thistle, blessed thistle, holy thistle or spotted thistle), is a thistle-like plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, from Portugal north to southern France and east to Iran. It is known in other parts of the world, including parts of North America, as an introduced species and often a noxious weed. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Cnicus. Other species once included in the genus have...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.295
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.729
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1467
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.156
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.663
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.671
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.934
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.814
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.355
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.352
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1540
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.379
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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 972234.