Annuals Dictionary: Cynara
Sunflower family
Compositae
Sin ‘a-ra. About a dozen coarse, thistle-like herbs, mostly from the Mediterranean region.
Description
Leaves large, more or less lobed, cut, or both, sometimes spiny. Flowers tubular, disk-shaped, no rays, in large, dense heads, one terminating most of the larger branches. Cluster of bracts in many series below and surrounding each head, spiny-tipped and purple in the Cardoon.
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