Asteraceae
Cardoon
Cynara cardunculus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cynara
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Common names
By language (44)
- aeb
- خرشف, كرضون
- Arabic
- حرشف مبذول بري, حرشف بري, شوك الحمير, قردون, هيشر
- Azerbaijani
- İspaniya ənginarı
- Basque
- Baratze-kardu
- Belarusian
- Артышок
- Breton
- Louzaouenn-ar-pabor
- Cantonese
- 大葉菜薊, 刺苞菜薊, 菜薊
- Catalan
- Herbacol, Card, Card comestible, Card comú
- Chinese
- 大叶菜蓟, 大葉菜薊, 刺苞菜蓟, 菜蓟
- Croatian
- Divlja artičoka
- Czech
- Artyčok kardový
- Dutch
- Kardoen
- English
- Cardoon
- Esperanto
- Artiŝoko
- Finnish
- Isoartisokka, Kardoni
- French
- Cardon
- Galician
- Cardo
- German
- Wilde Artischocke
- Greek
- Αγκινάρα
- gv
- Cardoon
- Hebrew
- גדילן
- Icelandic
- Ætiþistill
- io
- Karduno
- Japanese
- カルドン
- kab
- Taga
- Korean
- 카르둔
- Kurdish
- Artîşoka spanî
- Latvian
- Lapu artišoks, Artišoku dadzis
- Macedonian
- Дива артичока
- Malay
- Kardun
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Artisjokk
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Artisjokk
- pam
- Cardoon
- Persian
- کنگر فرنگی خاردار
- Polish
- Karczoch zwyczajny, Karczoch hiszpański, Kard
- Portuguese
- Cardo
- Slovak
- Artičoka kardová
- Slovenian
- Kardij
- Swedish
- Kardon, Cýnara cardúnculus
- Thai
- คาร์ดูน
- Turkish
- Yabani enginar, Deve dikeni, Devedikeni
- Welsh
- Marchysgallen y gerddi, Cardŵn
- Yiddish
- ארטישאק
- zza
- Kenger
Synonyms
- Carduus cardunculus (L.) Baill.
- Carduus cynara E.H.L.Krause
- Carduus scolymus (L.) Baill.
- Cnicus communis Lam.
- Cynara cardunculus subsp. cardunculus
- Cynara cardunculus var. altilis DC.
- Cynara cardunculus var. cardunculus
- Cynara cardunculus var. elata Cavara
- Cynara cardunculus var. ferocissima Lowe
- Cynara cardunculus var. inermis DC.
- Cynara cardunculus var. sylvestris (Lam.) Fiori
- Cynara corsica Viv.
- Cynara ferox Ten. ex Steud.
- Cynara horrida Aiton
- Cynara hortensis Mill.
- Cynara sylvestris Lam.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Burkhard Achilles, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.