Asteraceae
Cage thistle
Atractylis cancellata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Atractylis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cage thistle
Synonyms
- Acarna caespitosa Willd.
- Acarna cancellata (L.) All.
- Anactis caespitosa Cass.
- Atractylis caespitosa Viv.
- Atractylis cancellata subsp. cancellata
- Atractylis cancellata subsp. gaditana Franco
- Atractylis cancellata subsp. glomerata Caball.
- Atractylis cancellata var. cancellata
- Atractylis cancellata var. eremophila Braun-Blanq. & Maire
- Atractylis canescens Salzm. ex Ball
- Carthamus cancellatus (L.) Lam.
- Cirsellium cancellatum (L.) Gaertn.
- Crocodilina cancellata (L.) Bubani
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Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.