Global InformationScolymus grandiflorus information
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Scolymus |
| Species: | S. grandiflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scolymus grandiflorus Desf.
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Scolymus grandiflorus is a spiny annual or biennial plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region. With up to 75 cm high stems, it is the smallest of the species of Scolymus. Its stems are lined with uninterrupted spiny wings. It also has the largest flowerheads in the genus, of approximately 5 cm wide. It has yellow, sometimes yolk-yellow ligulate florets. Its vernacular name in Maltese is xewk isfar kbir, meaning "large yellow fin", cardogna maggiore in Italian, scoddi on Sicily, and scolyme à grandes fleurs in French.[1][2]
- ^ "Large-flowered yellow thistle". Wild Plants of Malta and Gozo. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ "Scolymus grandiflorus Desf". Fora Acta Plantarum. Retrieved 2016-12-11.