DAISY FAMILY
Cirsium vulgare(Su dikeni)
Compositae (Asteraceae)
Biennial herbs. Stem branched, up to 150 cm. Leaves alternate; median cauline leaves oblong, pinnatisect, lateral and terminal lobes with 2-16 mm apical spine. Lateral branches 1 -8, 1 -6-capitulate. Involucre erect, ovoid, globose or broadly obovoid, 20-50 mm. Phyllaries up to 11 -seriate, with spine. Corollas pinkish-purple to purple, up to 33 mm. Achenes oblong, compressed. Pappus plumose. Stem edible. Fl. July-October. Grazed clearings in Pinus forest, roadside banks, slopes, stream-sides, druins, nr. s.l
Throughout Europe, S. W. Asia, N. Africa, Siberia, N. & C. America.
