Cynara cardunculus ssp. cardunculus II
Image by Thistle-Garden
Common name – Eastern Wild Artichoke.
Location – My garden, Surrey UK.
Form – Perennial.
Size – 50(150)cm.
Flowering – VI-VIII
Habitat – Dry alcaline soils.
Distribution – South Portugal & Eastern Mediterranean, eastern north Africa, most mediterranean islands and Western Turkey.
Origin – (White form) Seeds collected in Tuscany, Central-West Italy, many thanks to Max . (Purple form) Seeds collected in Castro Marin, Portugal, 2012, Many thanks to Isabel & Seeds collected in Malta, 2012, many thanks to Albert.
Syn -Cynara horrida, Cynara corsica, Cynara sylvestris.
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