Summary ⁴

Carduus pycnocephalus, with common names including Italian thistle, Italian plumeless thistle, and Plymouth thistle, is a species of thistle. It is native to: the Mediterranean region in southern Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia; East Europe and the Caucasus; and the Indian Subcontinent.

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2. (c) 2011 Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=372981&one=T
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4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduus_pycnocephalus

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