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Cynara cardunculus subsp. flavescens Wiklund
Artichoke Thistle

Reference
Bot.J.Linn.Soc. 109:120 (1992)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual or perennial, herb, to 0.1(-0.2) m high, leaves, large, grey-tinged, woolly. Fl. violet/blue/white, Nov to Dec or Jan. Creekbeds.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 October 2002

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Busselton, Donnybrook-Balingup, Kojonup, Narrogin, Northam.