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	Onopordum cyprium  EIG

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Onopordum  L.

Authors:
	EIG:		Alexander Eig (1894 - 1938), Israeli botanist
	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)
	cyprium:		from Cyprus

Fig. 1:  Onopordum cyprium / Cypriotic Cotton Thistle Cyprus, Governor's Beach 25.3.2025

Fig. 2:  Onopordum cyprium / Cypriotic Cotton Thistle Cyprus, Governor's Beach 25.3.2025

Fig. 3:  Onopordum cyprium / Cypriotic Cotton Thistle Cyprus, Governor's Beach 25.3.2025

Fig. 4:  Onopordum cyprium / Cypriotic Cotton Thistle Cyprus, Governor's Beach 25.3.2025

Fig. 5:  Onopordum cyprium / Cypriotic Cotton Thistle Cyprus, Governor's Beach 25.3.2025

Fig. 6:  Onopordum cyprium / Cypriotic Cotton Thistle Cyprus, Kato Archimandrita 1.4.2025

Fig. 7:  Onopordum cyprium / Cypriotic Cotton Thistle Cyprus, Kato Archimandrita 1.4.2025

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