Cirsium acaulon
(L.) Scop.
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Summary
Cirsium acaulon is a hardy perennial reaching 0.3 m tall, with UK zone 4 hardiness. It flowers July to September with seeds ripening August to October. This self-fertile, hermaphrodite plant is pollinated by bees, flies, moths, butterflies, and beetles. It grows in light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with mildly acid, neutral, or basic pH, requiring full sun and moist soil conditions.
Description
Cirsium acaulon is a hardy perennial reaching 0.3 m tall, with UK zone 4 hardiness. It flowers July to September with seeds ripening August to October. This self-fertile, hermaphrodite plant is pollinated by bees, flies, moths, butterflies, and beetles. It grows in light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with mildly acid, neutral, or basic pH, requiring full sun and moist soil conditions.
Edible Uses
None known
Traditional Uses
The fresh flower receptacle is eaten as a snack.
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Medicinal Uses
The root was traditionally chewed as a remedy for toothache.
Distribution
It is a Mediterranean climateplant.
Where It Grows
Europe, Italy, Luxembourg, Mediterranean, Slovenia,
Propagation
Seed — sow in early spring or autumn in situ. Germination usually takes place within 2–8 weeks at 20°C.
Other Uses
The seed of all thistle species yields a good oil by expression, though no details of potential yields are given.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Brezstebelni osat, Vazanel
References (1)
- Pieroni, A.,& Giusti, M. E., 2009, Alpine Ethnobotany in Italy: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 5:32 (As Cirsium acaule Scop.)
