Cynara (other)
''Cynara'' is a genus of thistle-like perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native plant, native to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, northwestern Africa, and the Canary Islands. The genus name comes from the Greek language, Greek ''kynara'', which means "artichoke".''Cynara''.
Flora of North America. Among the better known species in this genus include: * ''Cynara cardunculus'' is the cardoon, artichoke thistle, or wild artichoke. The stems of cultivated varieties are used as food around the Mediterranean. It is also the source of a coagulant used as an alternative to rennet in the manufacture of cheese, with the advantage that the cheese is then fully suitable for vegetarians; many southern European cheeses are traditionally made in this way. The more commonly eaten globe artichoke is usually con ...
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Cynara Cardunculus
The cardoon (''Cynara cardunculus'' ), also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivar, cultivated forms, including the artichoke, globe artichoke. It is native plant, native to the Mediterranean region, where it was domesticated in ancient times and still occurs as a wild plant. Description The wild cardoon is a stout herbaceous plant, herbaceous perennial plant growing tall, with deeply lobed and heavily spined green to grey-green tomentose (hairy or downy) leaves up to long, with yellow spines up to 3.5 cm long. The flowers are violet-purple, produced in a large, globose, massively spined head (botany), capitulum up to in diameter.Tela Botanica: ''Cynara cardunculus'' L.
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