spotted golden-thistle / السنارية / شوك الفار / قرنينة /

السناري / سكوليمس مبقع / قرنيش /

Scolymus maculatus L.

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Edibility and usage

Blooming period
May to August
Seed collection period
July to October

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Scolymus
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q310455
GBIF Item
Scolymus maculatus L. (5403743)

References

  1. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  2. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  3. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  4. Licata, Mario, Teresa Tuttolomondo, Claudio Leto, Giuseppe Virga, Giuseppe Bonsangue, Ignazio Cammalleri, Maria Gennaro, and Salvatore La Bella. “A Survey of Wild Plant Species for Food Use in Sicily (Italy).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12
  5. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،مخول، س.(1999).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الثانية).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)

Citation

Scolymus maculatus L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/2790 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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