Asteraceae
African carline thistle
Carlina involucrata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Carlina
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- أداد قنابي, زند العبد
- English
- African carline thistle
- Maltese
- Sajtun
Synonyms
- Carlina corymbosa subsp. involucrata (Poir.) Holmboe
- Carlina corymbosa var. involucrata (Poir.) Boiss.
- Carlina involucrata subsp. involucrata
- Carlina involucrata var. involucrata
Photos

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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.