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	Onopordum acanthium  L.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Onopordum  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Onopordum:		onos = donkey, porde = wind (flatulence)
	acanthium:		Acanthus-like

Fig. 1:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Neuleiningen 1.7.2006

Fig. 2:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Neuleiningen 1.7.2006

Fig. 3:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Neuleiningen 1.7.2006

Fig. 4:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Heidelberg 21.7.2012

Fig. 5:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Heidelberg 21.7.2012

Fig. 6:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Heidelberg 21.7.2012

Fig. 7:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Neuleiningen 1.7.2006

Fig. 8:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Siefersheim 14.6.2008

Fig. 9:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Siefersheim 14.6.2008

Fig. 10:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Enkenbach-Alsenborn 20.7.2008

Fig. 11:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Enkenbach-Alsenborn 20.7.2008

Fig. 12:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Erlenbach am Main 20.5.2017

Fig. 13:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Mannheim 30.9.2011

Fig. 14:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Mannheim 30.9.2011

Fig. 15:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Mannheim 13.10.2013

Fig. 16:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle (another site) D Mannheim 24.10.2019

Fig. 17:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Mannheim 24.10.2019

Fig. 18:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Mannheim 24.10.2019

Fig. 19:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Mannheim 24.10.2019

Fig. 20:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Mannheim 24.10.2019

Fig. 21:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Mannheim 22.5.2022

Fig. 22:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Heidelberg 7.3.2015

Fig. 23:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Heidelberg 7.3.2015

Fig. 24:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Thüringen, Bottendorf 6.6.2022

Fig. 25:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Thüringen, Bottendorf 6.6.2022

Fig. 26:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Thüringen, Bottendorf 6.6.2022

Fig. 27:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Thüringen, Bottendorf 6.6.2022

Fig. 28:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Thüringen, Bottendorf 6.6.2022

Fig. 29:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle D Sachsen-Anhalt, Könnern 11.6.2022

Fig. 30:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle F Dept. Aveyron, Fondamente 8.6.2006

Fig. 31:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle F Dept. Aveyron, Fondamente 8.6.2006

Fig. 32:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle F Dept. Aveyron, Fondamente 8.6.2006

Fig. 33:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle F St. Martin-de-Crau 9.6.2006

Fig. 34:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle F Pyrenees, Col de Pailhères 27.6.2008

Fig. 35:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle F Pyrenees, Col de Pailhères 27.6.2008

Fig. 36:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle F Pyrenees, Col de Pailhères 27.6.2008

Fig. 37:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle F Pyrenees, Col de Pailhères 27.6.2008

Fig. 38:  Onopordum acanthium / Cotton Thistle F Pyrenees, Col de Pailhères 27.6.2008

Fig. 39:  Onopordum acanthium ? / Cotton Thistle (on dunes at the Baltic Sea) D Hohwacht 19.9.2021

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