Cnicus.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
Cirsium edule Nutt.
Engl.: edible thistle.
Bot. syn.: Carduus edulis (Nutt.) Greene, Carduus macounii Greene, Cnicus edulis A. Gray.
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