Characteristics
Angiosperms (Dicots)
Scolymus hispanicus L.
Common Golden Thistle
Herb
Biennial
Vascular
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Scolymus hispanicus has only been collected one time in Alabama on the ballast grounds near Mobile in the late 1800s. It is doubtful that any populations survive.
Not Native
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Classification
Citation
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358834>Scolymus hispanicus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 813-814. 1753.</a>
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<a href=https://linnean-online.org/9725>Without data, Löfling s.n. (lectotype: LINN 963.2). Lectotypified by Vázquez in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 58 : 86. 2000.</a>
Species Distribution Map
Specimens and Distribution
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