Asteraceae

Carduus personata (L.) Jacq.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Carduus

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Carduus personata (Carduus personata) — FlowerPhoto: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Bulgarian: Маскиран магарешки бодил
Czech: Bodlák lopuchovitý
German: Kletten-Distel
Italian: Cardo bardana, Cardo personata
Polish: Oset łopianowaty
Slovak: Bodliak lopúchovitý

Synonyms

Arctium personata L.
Carduus arctioides Vill.
Carduus leucanthemos Schur
Carduus personata var. personata
Carduus personata var. spinosissimus Willk.
Cirsium lappaceum Lam.
Cirsium lappaceum subsp. lappaceum
Cirsium lappaceum var. lappaceum

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 76 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dario Taraborelli, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jmp48, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.