Picnomon

Picnomon is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.^[1][2] The only known species is Picnomon acarna, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa from Portugal and the Canary Islands to Kazakhstan.^[3]

Picnomon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Carduinae
Genus:	Picnomon Adans.
Species:	P. acarna
Binomial name
Picnomon acarna (L.) Cass.
Synonyms
Piknomon Adans., alternate spelling Acarna Vaill. Carduus acarna L. Carlina acarna (L.) M.Bieb. Cirsium pisidium Wettst. Cnicus acarna (L.) L. Carthamus canescens Lam. Cirsium acarna (L.) Moench