Scolymus maculatus
Spotted Golden Thistle
an annual member of the Scolymus genus in the family Compositae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Compositae
- Genus
- Scolymus
- Life cycle
- annual
- Height
- 1 m
- Fertility
- Insects
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
- Pollinators
- Insects
Uses
Edible uses
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Young leaves cooked[1]. They can be used as a spinach[5][4]. Root - cooked[3][4].
- Plant part
- Leaves
- Plant part
- Root
Environment
- Range
- Europe - Mediterranean. An occasional casual in Britain[2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- Zone 7+
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Drainage
- well drained
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed - sow spring or autumn in situ
Cultivation
This section contains historical Plants For A Future notes marked noncommercial.
Grows well in an ordinary garden soil in sun or semi-shade[6].
References
Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976-00-00
Clapham, Tootin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press 1962-00-00
Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984-00-00 ISBN 3874292169
Facciola. S. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications 1990-00-00 ISBN 0-9628087-0-9
Hedrick. U. P. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications 1972-00-00 ISBN 0-486-20459-6
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Polunin. O. Flowers of Greece and the Balkans. Oxford University Press 1980-00-00 ISBN 0-19-217626-9
? Flora Europaea Cambridge University Press 1964-00-00