Asteraceae
Cabbage thistle
Cirsium oleraceum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Common names
By language (28)
- arz
- سيرسيوم اوليراسيوم
- Belarusian
- Бадзяк агародны, Асот, Асот агародны, Бадзяга, Бадзяк, Дзядзівір, Хробуст, Хрыбуст
- Bosnian
- Mehki čičak
- Bulgarian
- Градинска паламида
- csb
- Kóńsczé zelé
- cv
- Пахча хытă пиçенĕ
- Czech
- Pcháč zelinný
- Danish
- Kål-Tidsel
- Dutch
- Moesdistel
- English
- Cabbage thistle
- Estonian
- Seaohakas
- Finnish
- Keltaohdake, Kaaliohdake
- French
- Cirse maraîcher, Cirse maraicher
- German
- Kohldistel, Kohl-Kratzdistel
- Latvian
- Lēdzerkste
- Lithuanian
- Gelsvalapė usnis
- Macedonian
- Млечеста паламида
- myv
- Пиресэ касыця чудожов
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kåltistel
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kåltistel
- Polish
- Ostrożeń warzywny
- Russian
- Бодяк огородный, Бодяк овощной
- Serbian (Latin)
- Meki čičak
- Slovak
- Pichliač zelinový
- Slovenian
- Mehki osat
- Spanish
- Col, Thistle col
- Swedish
- Kåltistel
- Welsh
- Ysgallen dail bresych
Synonyms
- Carduus acanthifolius Lam.
- Carduus oleraceus (L.) Vill.
- Carduus parviflorus L.
- Carduus rigens Godr.
- Carduus tataricus L.
- Cirsium braunii F.Schultz ex Nyman
- Cirsium flavescens Lam.
- Cirsium pallens DC.
- Cirsium parviflorum DC.
- Cirsium parviflorum Schleich. ex Steud.
- Cirsium praemorsum W.D.J.Koch
- Cirsium rigens (Willd.) Spreng.
- Cirsium subalatum Gaudin
- Cirsium thomasii Nägeli
- Cirsium variabile Moench
- Cnicus bracteatus Gilib.
- Cnicus oleraceus L.
- Cnicus pratensis Lam.
- Cynara colorata Stokes
- Onotrophe oleracea (L.) Cass.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 675 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: rainerburkard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nick Kleinschmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DiAuras, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aga_l_, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katrin Ellmaier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radosław Puchałka, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.