Cirsium italicum

Cirsium italicum is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is a thistle native to Europe and Turkey, ranging from Germany, France, and Italy to Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, and northwestern Turkey.^[1]

Cirsium italicum
image of Cirsium italicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Carduinae
Genus:	Cirsium
Species:	C. italicum
Binomial name
Cirsium italicum DC.
Synonyms[1]
Carduus italicus (DC.) Savi (1818) Cnicus italicus (DC.) Seb. & Mauri (1818) Epitrachys italica (DC.) Bureš, Del Guacchio, Iamonico & P.Caputo Eriolepis italica (DC.) Cass. (1827)

The species was first named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1813.^[1]