carline thistle

1. A thistle of the genus Carlina (synset 111965836)
   is a type of: thistle - any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
   subtypes:

   • carlina acaulis, stemless carline thistle - stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe
   • carlina vulgaris, common carline thistle - Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils
   belongs to: carlina, genus carlina - genus of Mediterranean thistles

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