Asteraceae

Cynara humilis L.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cynara

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Common names

By language (3)

Arabic: خرشوف قصير
Catalan: Card coler
Spanish: Alcachofa de campo, Alcachofa de la yerba cuajo, Alcachofa del campo, Alcachofas de Andalucia, Alcachofas de Andalucía, Alcarcil de Andalucia, Alcarcil de Andalucía, Alcarcil portugues

Synonyms

Bourgaea humilis Coss.
Bourgaea humilis var. humilis
Bourgaea humilis var. leucantha Coss.
Cynara humilis var. humilis
Cynara humilis var. leucantha (Coss.) Cout.
Cynara humilis var. reflexa Batt.
Cynara humilis var. walliana Maire

Photos

Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.