Globe Artichoke - Cynara cardunculus
Prickly Artichoke
This plant has large, prickly, grey-green arching leaves topped with round, purple, thistle like flowers. It can reach up to 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide.
Occasionally found as an escape from cultivation.
Flowers June to August.
Perennial.
Occasional in Britain as an escape from cultivation.
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Craig Mabbett
Welford Road Arnesby
14 August 2016
Craig Mabbett
Welford Road Arnesby
14 August 2016
Craig Mabbett
Welford Road Arnesby
14 August 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Cardoon, Globe Artichoke
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asterales
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 14/08/2016 (Mabbett, Craig)
- Last record:
- 29/04/2019 (Parry, Russell)
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