| Accepted name: |
Centaurea benedicta (L.) L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Centaurea benedicta L.
-Cnicus benedictus L.
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| English names: |
Blessed Thistle
Our Lady's Thistle
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HCENBE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cultivated as a medicinal plant, e.g., in Thuringia, Czech and Slovak republics, Hungary and the CIS countries(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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