Asteraceae
Ground thistle
Cirsium esculentum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 莲座蓟
- English
- Ground thistle
Synonyms
- Cirsium acaule Ledeb.
- Cirsium acaule subsp. esculentum (Siev.) Werner
- Cirsium acaule var. gmelinii (C.A.Mey.) C.A.Mey.
- Cirsium acaulon subsp. esculentum (Siev.) Werner
- Cirsium esculentum subsp. esculentum
- Cirsium esculentum var. acaule C.A.Mey.
- Cirsium esculentum var. acaulie Trautv.
- Cirsium esculentum var. caulescens C.A.Mey.
- Cirsium esculentum var. esculentum
- Cirsium esculentum var. sibericum C.A.Mey.
- Cirsium rhodo-leucanthum Walp.
- Cnicus esculentus Siev.
- Cnicus gmelinii Spreng.
Photos
Photo: Ruslan Kastani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arkadiusz Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Sylwia Nowak, Agnieszka Nobis, Anna Wróbel, Sebas, CC BY 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.