FOIBIS

Species Details -
Dipsacus fullonum L.  

Accepted name: Dipsacus fullonum L.  
Synonym(s): -Dipsacus   fullonum   L.   ssp. sylvestris   (Hudson) Clapham
-Dipsacus   fullonum   L.   var. sativus   L.
-Dipsacus   sylvestris   Hudson    
English names: Draper's Teasel
Wild Teasel
French names: Cardère sauvage
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Magnoliopsida
Order:   Dipsacales
Family:   Dipsacaceae
OPL Code: HDIPFU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 2
Lifecycle: B
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: In Europe formerly much cultivated for the inflorescences used to tease wool. Currently still reported as relic crop from eastern Europe, England, and Spain. Formerly also sometimes used as medicinal plant and cultivated(1).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
165004
General Status
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
SNA
GRANK
G?T?
Med Flag
Bayer Codes
DIWSI
 


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