Asteraceae

Common goldenthistle

Scolymus hispanicus L.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Scolymus

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Common names

By language (17)

Arabic: سكوليمس إسباني
arz: سكوليمس اسبانى
Asturian: Cardu doráu
Bulgarian: Испански сколимус
Catalan: Cardellet, Card de moro, Cardelina
English: Common goldenthistle, Common golden thistle, Spanish oyster thistle
Finnish: Espanjankultaohdake
French: Chardon d'Espagne
German: Spanische Golddistel
Greek: Σκόλυμος ο ισπανικός
Hebrew: חוח ספרדי
kab: Taɣeddiwt
Persian: کنگر طلایی
Spanish: Cardillo, Cardo de olla, Tagarnina
Ukrainian: Сколімус іспанський
Walloon: Tcherdon d' ôr d' Espagne
Welsh: Ffug-ysgallen felen

Synonyms

Myscolus microcephalus Cass.
Scolymus congestus Lam.
Scolymus gymnospermus Gaertn.
Scolymus perennis Gerard
Scolymus theophrasti Bubani
Scolymus vivax Sauvages ex DC.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Biennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Riad Salih, CC BY 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.