Carduus arabicus

Carduus arabicus, known as the Arabian thistle, is a biennial plant species of thistle in the family Asteraceae.

Arabian thistle
Carduus arabicus (Arabian thistle)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Carduus
Species:	C. arabicus
Binomial name
Carduus arabicus Jacq. ex Murray

Habitat

Grows in Europe (Albania, Greece, Italy [incl. h. Sicily], Ukraine (Crimea), North Caucasus), Asia (Afghanistan, Gulf countries, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Tajikistan, South Caucasus, Turkey [incl. h. European], Turkmenistan), Egypt [in t. h. Sinai].^[1]