SUNFLOWER FAMILY 513 
1. Cynara cardinculus L. Cardoon or Thistle Artichoke. Fig. 5901. 
Cynara cardunculus L. Sp. Pl. 827. 1753. 
Plants perennial with broad oe rosettes of large basal leaves and erect thick stems, the og 
and lower sides of the mares gray or white with an arachnoid tomentum; stems striate, 
tall. Basal leaves oblong or ohn d aneeolate to over 1 m. long cad about. half as pre ifpairiati- 
se divided to the didureeat tly winged rachis, the cegiiietitl irregularly parted o ded into nar- 
w, lobed or toothed laciniae, the lobes and teeth iene ie — t, stiff, yellow seine see fee and 
pies above, tomentose below, middle and upper cauline leaves much smaller, sessile, a little de- 
current, those in the inflorescence reduced to line tes or oblong. spin e- sheathed bracts to 5 cm. long; 
] cm. long, solitary ends of sho i 
ubglabrous, sides os 
ing or reflexed, the puede and upper appressed-imbricate, the middle narrowed into a short, stout, 
rigid spine, the uppermost bearing a rounded or subtruncate, denticulate, shortly spiny appendage ; 
poh bluish n purple: achenes 6-7 mm. long, oblongish, light brown mottled with brown and black; 
s 2-3 c¢ g, ivory-colored. 
S Oiecabtaiidtly escaping from cultivation; central to southern coastal California, sometimes becoming a 
pant noxious we — as on Nae hills at the north end of San bein Bay; Lower California; southern South 
America. Nati of the diterranean region and Canary Islands. June-July. 
Cynara sabi dusl . pik Pl. 728. 1753. (Cynara carduncilus subsp. _scolymus Hegi, Fl. Mitt. Europa 
~ 924. 1929.) Differing from Cc; carduacnios in the spineless leaves and in the blunt or acute, spineless or 
arly spineless phyllaries. nie ci weg cultivated in Pg California where it is an occasional escape. Probably 
: pow fe of C. cardunculus. Globe or Garden Art 
5900 
5898. pease lanatus 
5899. Carthamus baeticus 
f 4 ©5900. aces tinctorius 
5901. Cynara cardunculus 
