DESCRIPTORS:
Chromosome number (2n=): 68 [1]
Data reviewed?: not reviewed
Flower colour: purple [14]
Habit: Herb [14]
Hairiness: Hairy [13]
Height: 50cm-1m [14], 1-2m [14]
Leaf arrangement: spiral [1]
Leaf shape: compound - pinnate [1]
Life form (Raunkier): Hemicryptophyte - semirosette [1]
Lifespan: biennial [1,14]
Month of flowering: july [14], august [14], september [14],
october [14]
Native: Native [14]
Poisonous: no [14]
Pollinating agent: bee [1], hoverfly [1], lepidoptera [1]
Present in my garden: no
LITERATURE POINTERS:
Description [1], Illustration [13]
USES: -
VERNACULAR:
Spear Thistle [1,13]
NOTES:
var. hypoleucum is a form of uncertain taxonomic status [1]
DATA SOURCES:
