Cirsium creticum

Cirsium creticum is a species of plant native around the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Cirsium creticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Cirsium
Species:	C. creticum
Binomial name
Cirsium creticum (Lam.) d'Urv.[1]
Synonyms
Carduus creticus Cnicus creticus

Distribution

The species is present to the following places:

• Albania^[2][3]
• Bosnia and Herzegovina^[2][3]
• Bulgaria^[2][3]
• Metropolitan France^[4]
  • Occitania(close to Toulouse)^[4]
  • Corsica^[2][3][4]
• Italy (geographical region)^[3][2]
  • Sicily^[2][3][4]
  • Italian peninsula
    • Italy^[2][3]
    • San Marino^[3]
    • Vatican City^[3]
• North Macedonia^[3]
• Iran^[2]
• Turkey^[2]
• Romania^[2]
• Greece^[5][2][3]
• Libya^[2][3]

Subspecies

The species has the following subspecies.^[2]

• Cirsium creticum subsp. creticum
• Cirsium creticum subsp. gaillardotii
• Cirsium creticum subsp. triumfettii