Asteraceae
Bull cottonthistle
Onopordum tauricum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Onopordum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Bulgarian
- Кримски онопордум
- English
- Bull cottonthistle
Synonyms
- Onopordum argolicum Boiss.
- Onopordum corymbosum subsp. visegradense Franco
- Onopordum elatum Sm.
- Onopordum tauricum subsp. elatum (Sm.) Nyman
- Onopordum tauricum subsp. tauricum
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Erhan yelekci, 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.