Asteraceae

Silver milk thistle

Silybum eburneum Coss. & Durieu

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Silybum

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Silver milk thistle (Silybum eburneum) — FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Arabic: سلبين عاجي
Chinese: 象牙蓟
English: Silver milk thistle

Synonyms

Silybum eburneum subsp. eburneum
Silybum eburneum var. eburneum
Silybum hispanicum Loscos & J.Pardo

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 73 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Aissa Djamel Filali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alosa15, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Anatas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ramón Valle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Philmarin, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.