Overview
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Carlina (carline thistle) is a genus of about 30 species of thistles in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, north Africa and Asia. The highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region, and only one species (C. biebersteinii) as far east as China.
- Carlina acaulis ? Stemless Carline Thistle
- Carlina barnebiana
- Carlina biebersteinii
- Carlina corymbosa (syn. C. curetum)
- Carlina diae
- Carlina fiumensis
- Carlina frigida
- Carlina lanata
- Carlina macrocephala
- Carlina onopordifolia
- Carlina racemosa
- Carlina sicula
- Carlina sitiensis
- Carlina tragacanthifolia
- Carlina vulgaris ? Common Carline Thistle
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Carlina is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 105 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Carlina: C. acanthifolia · C. acanthifolia subsp. baetica · C. acanthifolia subsp. utzka · C. acanthifolia cyanara · C. acanthifolia cynara · C. acanthophylla · C. acarna · C. acaulis (Stemless Caroline) · C. acaulis 'Bronze Form' · C. acaulis 'Caulescens' · C. acaulis 'Splendens' · C. acaulis acaulis · C. acaulis bronze · C. acaulis L. ssp. caulescens (Lam.) Schubler & G.Martens var. nana (Degen · C. acaulis simplex · C. acaulis simplex 'Bronze' (Bronze Stemless Caroline) · C. acaulis var. caulescens · C. aggregata · C. alpina · C. atlantica · C. atractyloides · C. baetica · C. balfouris · C. barnebiana · C. biebersteinii · C. biebersteinii subsp. brevibracteata · C. biebersteinii subsp. intermedia · C. biebersteinii subsp. sudetica · C. biebersteinii biebersteinii · C. brachylepis · C. brevibracteata · C. canariensis · C. caulescens · C. chamaeleon · C. chardousse · C. cirsioides · C. comosa · C. conformis · C. corimbosa · C. corymbosa · C. corymbosa subsp. hispanica · C. curetum · C. cynara · C. diae · C. echinus · C. elatior · C. falcata · C. fennica · C. fiumensis · C. fontanesii · C. frigida · C. frigida subsp. fiumensis · C. graeca · C. grandiflora · C. guittonneaui · C. gummifera · C. hispanica · C. hispanica subsp. major · C. intermedia · C. involucrata · C. involucrata subsp. libanotica · C. ixia · C. kurdica · C. lanata · C. libanotica · C. longifolia · C. lyrata · C. macrocephala · C. macrocephala subsp. nebrodensis · C. macrophylla · C. nebrodensis · C. neglecta · C. neranthemoides · C. oligocephala · C. oligocephala subsp. pallescens · C. onopordifolia · C. patula · C. pygmaea · C. pyrenaica · C. racemosa · C. rigida · C. salicifolia · C. salicifolia subsp. lancerottensis · C. semiamplexicaulis · C. sicula · C. sicula subsp. mareotica · C. simplex · C. sitiensis · C. striata · C. stricta · C. subacaulis · C. sulfurea · C. sulphurea · C. sylvestris · C. taurica · C. texedae · C. tragacanthifolia · C. transsilvanica · C. utzka · C. vayredrae · C. vulgaris (Carline Thistle) · C. vulgaris 'Silver Star' · C. vulgaris longifolia (Nodding Plumeless Thistle) · C. vulgaris vulgaris (Carline Thistle) · C. xeranthemoides
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