"Carduus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Hieracium Pilosella. aureum. umbellatum. *Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. indicum! Anthemis nobilis. arvensis. Cirsium lanceolatum. Conyza squarrosa! Inula dysenterica! Tragopogon porrifolium. Cnicus palustris. Carduus arvensis! Helianthus tuberosus! annuus. Cineraria palustris. Helianthus sp.! Dahlia variabilis. Bellis perennis inflor.! Coreopsis sp.! Crepis virens. Lactuca sativa! Zinnia elegans. *Campanula medium! rapunculoides. ...
— Vegetable Teratology - An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants • Maxwell T. Masters
... to operate where it is no longer of any advantage. In summer, when the thistles are green, even when growing near the burrows, and the giant thistle (Carduus mariana) springs up most luxuriantly right on the mound, the vizcachas will not touch them, either disliking the strong astringent sap, or repelled by the thorns with which they are armed. As soon as they dry, and the thorns become brittle, they are levelled; ...
— The Naturalist in La Plata • W. H. Hudson |
