Carduus Collection

Spear thistle, Cirsium vulgare (Carduus lanceolatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Madam gorgon, Acicarpha tribuloides. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Melancholy thistle, Cirsium heterophyllum (Carduus heterophyllus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1799

Meadow thistle, Cirsium dissectum (Carduus pratensis)

Dwarf thistle, Cirsium acaulon (Carduus acaulis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1794

Globe artichoke, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus, and wild thistle, Carduus sylvestris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Milk thistle, Silybum marianum, and Scotch thistle, Onopordum acanthium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, and bear s
Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, and bears breeches, Acanthus spinosus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Curtis British Entomology Plate 323
Coleoptera: Crioceris puncticollis = Lema cyanella (Spencean Crioceris) [Plant: Carduus acanthoides (Welted Thistle)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 295
Coleoptera: Callidium striatum = Asemum striatum (Kinnordy Cerambyx) [Plant: Cirsium arvense (Carduus arvensis, Creeping Thistle)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 206
Hymenoptera: Dryinus cursor = Anteon cursor (Irish Dryinus) [Plant: Cirsium acaule (Carduus acaulis, Dwarf Thistle)] Date: 1824-39

Genera Carduus ( true thistle ) and Centaurea
" Genera Carduus (" true thistle" ) and Centaurea. Chromolithograph from Sir William Jackson Hooker, The British Flora, Vol.1. Tab IV." Date: 1842

Illustration, Papilionidae -- Parnassius Apollo, Parnassius Phoebus, Parnassius Mnemosyne. The plants are Orpine (Sedum Telephium) and Musk Thistle (Carduus Nutans). Date: 1898

THISTLES
(left) circium arvensis (right) carduus mutans Two kinds of wild thistle

Carduus Nutans
Thistle Chardon penche

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