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blue-sow-thistles
Cicerbita
Cicerbita is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to Asia and Europe. They are known commonly as blue sow thistles. The word Cicerbita is from the Italian, meaning "chickory-like", a comparison to Cichorium, the chicory genus.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Alpine Blue-sow-thistle
speciesCicerbita alpina
Common Blue-sow-thistle
speciesCicerbita macrophylla
Cicerbita racemosa
speciesCicerbita racemosa
Cicerbita prenanthoides
speciesCicerbita prenanthoides
Cicerbita azurea
speciesCicerbita azurea
Cicerbita pancicii
speciesCicerbita pancicii
Cicerbita crassicaulis
speciesCicerbita crassicaulis
Cicerbita deltoidea
speciesCicerbita deltoidea
Cicerbita rosea
speciesCicerbita rosea
Cicerbita adenophora
speciesCicerbita adenophora
Cicerbita roborowskii
speciesCicerbita roborowskii
Cicerbita subplumosa
speciesCicerbita subplumosa
Pontic Blue-sow-thistle
speciesCicerbita bourgaei
Cicerbita sonchifolia
speciesCicerbita sonchifolia
Cicerbita chiangdaoensis
speciesCicerbita chiangdaoensis
Cicerbita thianschanica
speciesCicerbita thianschanica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 207834.