Asteraceae
Purple milk thistle
Galactites tomentosus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Galactites
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Common names
By language (11)
- Asturian
- Cardu negru
- Catalan
- Calcida blanca
- Corsican
- Batticristu
- English
- Purple milk thistle
- Finnish
- Kampamaito-ohdake
- French
- Centaurea galactites, Chardon laiteux, Chardon élégant, Galactite cotonneux, Galactite tomenteuse
- German
- Milchfleckdistel
- Greek
- Γαλακτίτης ο εριώδης
- Italian
- Carduus galactites, Scarlina
- kab
- Acikaw
- Spanish
- Calcida blanca, Cardo cuajaleches, Cardota, Carduus galactites, Centaurea elegans, Centaurea galactites, Centaurea lechosa, Cnicus galactites
Synonyms
- Calcitrapa galactites (L.) Lam.
- Cirsium siculum subsp. siculum
- Cirsium siculum var. siculum
- Galactites galactites (L.) Druce
- Galactites tomentosa f. tomentosa
- Galactites tomentosa var. tomentosa
- Lupsia galactites (L.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, 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). About our plant data.