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Onopordum acanthium L. (Cotton Thistle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Onopordum acanthium In flower 15 July 2007 Berks England 11
Onopordum acanthium Plant 17 June 1978 Surrey England 2
Onopordum acanthium Plant 22 June 1971 East Norfolk England 1

Suggested Literature

Onopordum acanthium may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Cardueae
(“thistles”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Onopordum acanthium:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe depressa - Burdock Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Chaetostomella cylindrica - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988

Onopordum acanthium may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

References

Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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