Asteraceae
Artichoke
Cynara scolymus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cynara
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Common names
By language (98)
- aeb
- ڨنّارية
- Afrikaans
- Artisjok
- Albanian
- Angjinarja, Artiçoka
- Arabic
- خرشوف, أرضي شوكي, أنغنير, ارضي شوكي, الخرشف, الخرشوف, خرشف, خرشوف بالعصاج
- Aragonese
- Garchofa
- Armenian
- Կանկառ
- ary
- قوق
- arz
- خرشوف
- Asturian
- Alcaxofera
- Azerbaijani
- Əkilən ənginar
- Bangla
- হাতিচোক, আর্টিচোক
- Basque
- Orburu
- Belarusian
- Артышок
- bo
- ཁོ་རེ་ཡའི་ཤིང་ཞིག
- Breton
- Artichaod
- Bulgarian
- Артишо́к
- Burmese
- ပဲပိုးတီ
- Cantonese
- 雅枝竹, 朝鮮薊, 菜薊
- Catalan
- Carxofera, Carxofa, Escarxofera
- Cebuano
- Alkatsopa, Alkawsil, Artichoke
- Chinese
- 菜蓟, 菜薊, 食托菜蓟, 亞枝竹, 朝鮮薊, 洋薊, 阿枝竹, 雅枝竹
- Corsican
- Artichjoccu, Carciofu
- Croatian
- Artičoka, Gardun
- Czech
- Artyčok
- Danish
- Artiskok
- Dutch
- Artisjok, ආටිචෝක්
- English
- Artichoke, Globe artichoke, Artichoke plant
- Esperanto
- Artiŝoko
- Estonian
- Artišokk
- Filipino
- Artichoke, Alcachofa, Alcaucil, Alkatsofa, Alkawsil, Artetsouk, Artetsouwk, Artetsowk
- Finnish
- Latva-artisokka
- French
- Artichaut
- Georgian
- Არტიშოკი
- German
- Artischocke
- grc
- Κυνάρα
- Greek
- Αγκινάρα, Αγγινάρα
- gv
- Blissane
- Haitian Creole
- Aticho
- Hebrew
- ארטישוק, צ'ינר, קנרס
- Hindi
- आटिचोक
- Hungarian
- Articsóka
- Icelandic
- Ætiþistill, Þistilhjörtu
- ie
- Artichoc
- Indonesian
- Artichoke
- io
- Artichoko
- Irish
- Bliosán cruinn
- Italian
- Carciofo
- Japanese
- アーティチョーク
- Kannada
- ಆರ್ಟಿಚೋಕ್
- Kazakh
- Börikgül, Бөрікгүл, بورىكگۇل, Артишок
- Kinyarwanda
- Aritisho
- Korean
- 아티초크
- Kurdish
- Artîşok
- Kyrgyz
- Артишок
- Latin
- Articactus, Articoctus, Cinara
- Latvian
- Artišoks
- lij
- Articiòcca
- Lithuanian
- Tikrasis artišokas, Artišokai
- Luxembourgish
- Artichaut, Artischock
- Macedonian
- Артичока
- Malay
- Articok
- Malayalam
- സിനാര സ്കോളിമസ്
- Maltese
- Qaqoċċa
- Māori
- Atihoka
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Artisjokk, Artiskokk
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Artisjokk
- nv
- Azeeʼ hókániitsoh
- Occitan
- Carchòfa
- Odia
- ଆର୍ଟିଚୋକ
- pcd
- Àrtichoe
- Persian
- کنگر فرنگی, آرتیشو, ارتیشو, انگنار
- pms
- Articiòch
- Polish
- Karczoch zwyczajny
- Portuguese
- Alcachofra
- Punjabi
- ਆਰਟੀਚੋਕ
- Romanian
- Anghinare
- Russian
- Артишок испанский, Артишок посевной, Кардон
- sc
- Cartzofa
- scn
- Cacuocciulu, Cacòcciula
- Serbian
- Артичока, Artičoka
- Serbian (Latin)
- Artičoka, Artičoke
- Sinhala
- ආටිචෝක්
- Slovak
- Artičoka
- Slovenian
- Prava artičoka
- Spanish
- Alcachofa, Alcachofera, Alcaucil
- Swedish
- Kronärtskocka, Cynara cardunculus. Scolymus-Gruppen
- Tajik
- Анганор
- Thai
- อาร์ทิโชก, อาร์ติโชค
- Turkish
- Enginar
- Turkmen
- Artişok
- Ukrainian
- Артишок іспанський
- Urdu
- اٹچوك
- Uzbek
- Artishok
- vec
- Articioco, Articiòch, Articiòco
- Vietnamese
- Atisô, Artichoke, Atiso
- vo
- Tijod
- Western Frisian
- Artisjok
- Yiddish
- ארטישאק
Synonyms
- Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus (L.) Hegi
- Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus (L.) Beger
- Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus (L.) Benth.
- Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus (L.) Fiori
- Cynara communis Lam.
- Cynara esculenta Salisb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Jebulon, CC0, 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.