Asteraceae
Grey African thistle
Berkheya fruticosa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Berkheya
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Vaaldissel
- English
- Grey African thistle
Synonyms
- Agriphyllum asteroides Desf.
- Agriphyllum incanum (Thunb.) Desf.
- Agriphyllum spinosum Desf. ex Steud.
- Apuleia asteroides Gaertn.
- Apuleia fruticosa Bartl.
- Atractylis fruticosa L.
- Berkheya asteroides Druce
- Berkheya incana Spreng. ex Sch.Bip.
- Berkheya incana (Thunb.) Willd.
- Crocodilodes fruticosa (L.) Kuntze
- Gorteria asteroides L.f.
- Gorteria ilicifolia Lam.
- Rohria incana Thunb.
- Stobaea adenocarpa DC.
- Stobaea adenocarpa var. adenocarpa
Photos
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Kevin Murray, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, 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.