Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
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- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
- Common Name
- Milk Thistle, Blessed Thistle
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
- Comments
- Native of Mediterranean Europe; in North America, widely established only in the west, from AZ to WA; considered a noxious weed in OR and WA.
- Habitat
- Roadsides, waste ground, and around gardens, where sometimes grown for its medicinal properties; a rare, weak escape from cultivation, not collected in recent years.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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