| Accepted name: |
Dipsacus fullonum L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Dipsacus fullonum L. ssp. sylvestris (Hudson) Clapham
-Dipsacus fullonum L. var. sativus L.
-Dipsacus sylvestris Hudson
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| English names: |
Draper's Teasel
Wild Teasel
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| French names: |
Cardère sauvage
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Dipsacaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HDIPFU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
B |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| 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: |
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