species
Silybum marianum
Milk thistle · Milkthistle · Blessed milkthistle · Blessed thistle
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Silybum marianum belongs to the family Asteraceae, also known as Milk thistle, Milkthistle, Blessed milkthistle or Blessed thistle, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It grows in full sun, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions. It tolerates coastal exposure.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
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