Cirsium oleraceum
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| Cirsium oleraceum (L.) Scop. |
Cirsium oleraceum (Cabbage thistle) is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium, native to central and eastern Europe and Asia, where it grows in wet lowland soils.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5 m tall, with unbranched stems or only a very few branches. The leaves are broad ovoid, with a weakly spiny margin. The flowers are produced in dense capitula 2.5-4 cm diameter, pale yellow, sometimes tinged pink.
The young stems are edible, and cultivated for food in Japan and India.
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