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Cirsium oleraceum 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Tribe: Cynareae Genus: Cirsium Species: C. oleraceum Binomial name Cirsium oleraceum
(L.) Scop.Cirsium oleraceum (Cabbage thistle) is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium, native to central and eastern Europe and Asia, where it grows in wet lowland soils.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5 m tall, with unbranched stems or only a very few branches. The leaves are broad and ovoid, with a weakly spiny margin. The flowers are produced in dense capitula which are 2.5-4 cm diameter, pale yellow, but sometimes tinged pink.
The young stems are edible, and cultivated for food in Japan and India.
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