Cabbage Thistle

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Cirsium oleraceum

Cabbage Thistle, a reference photo
Photo: Enrico Blasutto · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Cirsium oleraceum, the cabbage thistle or Siberian thistle, is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium within the family Asteraceae, native to central and eastern Europe and Asia, where it grows in wet lowland soils.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Cabbage Thistle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Cirsium
Species
Cirsium oleraceum

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