Plant with spiny leaves and purple flowers.

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  1. Ramla

    Ramla New Member

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    Hi,

    Could you please help me to identify this plant?
    I thought about Onopordom. If this is the case, someone would have an idea of ​​the exact name?
    It was gathered yesterday in the center of Tunisia.
    It is over two meters high.

    Thanx!
     

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  2. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Maybe Cirsium vulgare. Probably that genus, anyway.
     
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  3. Ramla

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    THANK YOU!!

    In Tunisia, there is only three species of Cirsium :

    C. echinatum, C. scabrum & C. vulgare.

    Could it be C.echinatum (I took new photos of the flower)?
     
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  4. Michael F

    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Looks like Cirsium vulgare to me too. Very little information available on C. echinatum, but what I found suggests it is very similar to C. vulgare but has a short stem, unlike C. vulgare and your specimens.
     
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    Thank you for your help!

    Sorry, I meant "Could it be C. scabrum" because of the color of the flower.

    The portion that I photographed was short, but the plant has other long ramifications (more than 50 cm).
     
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