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	Carlina acanthifolia  ALL.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Carlina  L.

Authors:
	ALL.:		Carlo Allioni (1728 - 1804), Italian physician and botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Carlina:		Karl der Große (Charlemagne, Carolus Magnus, 747-814), German Emperor
	acanthifolia:		acanthus-leaved

Fig. 1:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 2:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 3:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 4:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle E Pyrenees, Caldes de Boi 16.8.2006

Fig. 5:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 6:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle E Pyrenees, Hecho - Valley 19.8.2011

Fig. 7:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle F Pyrenees, Eyne 4.8.2018

Fig. 8:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle F Pyrenees, Col de Mantet 28.7.2018

Fig. 9:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle F Pyrenees, Segre - Gorge 2.8.2018

Fig. 10:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle F Pyrenees, Latour de Carol 26.6.2008

Fig. 11:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle (from previous year) F Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert 1.6.2009

Fig. 12:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle GR Katara Pass 27.8.2007

Fig. 13:  Carlina acanthifolia / Acanthus-Leaved Thistle GR Katara Pass 27.8.2007

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