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SIGH-lee-bum or si-LEE-bum — ancient Greek name for some edible thistles … Dave’s Botanary
mar-ee-AH-num — of Saint Mary … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: blessed milk thistle, Marian thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, milk thistle, Saint Mary’s thistle, variegated thistle • Dogri: दुद्ध बगूल duddh bagool, दुद्द कंडियारा dudda kandiyaaraa, नीला दुद्ध भुस्स neela duddh bhuss • Hindi: दूध पात्र doodh patra • Tamil: பால் நெருஞ்சில் pal nerunjil
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/08/silybum-marianum-l-gaertn.html
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Native to: s Europe, n-e Africa, w Asia; naturalized elsewhere – includes India
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A distinctive thistle with white variegated leaves and erect spiny heads; 
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Asteraceae for id 050311MK1:
Please help to id this prickled Asteraceae shrub. Sorry for poor photographs. Location: Ooty town, Nilgiris [roadside]
Altitude: 2000 MSL
Date: 05 Dec 2010; 05:30PM
Height: c. 1 metre
Leaf: c. 15 x 10 cm
Inflorescence: 3- 5cm across; pink

the plant is Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. of Asteraceae, native of Tropical America.



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Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
SIGH-lee-bum or si-LEE-bum — ancient Greek name for some edible thistlesDave’s Botanary
mar-ee-AH-num — of Saint MaryDave’s Botanary
commonly known as: blessed milk thistle, holy thistle, kenguel seed, Marian thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, Saint Mary’s thistle, variegated thistle • Dogri: dudhpattra, garda-marda bhuss
Native to: s Europe, n-e Africa, w Asia; naturalized elsewhere – includes India
References: Flowers of IndiaWikipediaNPGS / GRINENVIS – FRLHT
at Old Ooty on 17 NOV 11

Excellent pictures … lovely composition of nature…


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Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads: Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. from Kashmir -GS58 : Attachments (3).  1 post by 1 author.
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
A distinctive thistle with white variegated leaves and erect spiny heads, locally present at few places in Kashmir.


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Bangalore-Ooty November 2013 :: Requesting ID of this wild plant at Ooty :: 05APR2014 :: ARK-02 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3).
Requesting to please ID this plant growing wild by the roadside in Ooty in November 2013.

Cirsium wallichii DC


To me this looks like Cirisium arvense


First two with broader leaves and yellowish lines represent I think Silybum marianum.
Last Carduus sp.


 


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SK1107 25 APR-2018 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Location:  Godawari, Nepal  
Date: 18 April 2018
Altitude: 5000 ft.
Habit: Cultivated I guess!

Most probably Silybum marianum.


Yes! Thank you


Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
18 April 2019.
Attachments (5)- around 750 kb each.



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Small plant for ID :: Delhi, Dec 2018 :: ARK2019-10 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Saw this small plant in the Sunder Nursery, Delhi in Dec 2018. These plants may have been weeds, they were not potted and were growing near areas where water was collected.
Requested to please provide ID.

Leaf structure closely to Silybum marianum


Thank you .. for the ID.


could be. leaf venation certainly is reminiscent


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Ooty, Tamilnadu-13 th Dec 2008;  To be identified – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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ID 04/12/3/23: 1 high res. image
Please identify this thorny shrub from Ooty. 12/3/23


It may be Silybum ?marianum
F. Asteraceae


Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. !


Yes, appears close as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/30/silybum-marianum/


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Names of Plants in India :: Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.:

SIGH-lee-bum or si-LEE-bum — ancient Greek name for some edible thistles … Dave’s Botanary
mar-ee-AH-num — of Saint Mary … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: blessed milk thistle, Marian thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, milk thistle, Saint Mary’s thistle, variegated thistle • Dogri: दुद्ध बगूल duddh bagool, दुद्द कंडियारा dudda kandiyaaraa, नीला दुद्ध भुस्स neela duddh bhuss • Hindi: दूध पात्र doodh patra • Tamil: பால் நெருஞ்சில் pal nerunjil

botanical namesSilybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. … homotypic synonymsCarduus marianus L. … and more listed at POWO, retrieved 28 August 2024

Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
blessed milk thistle, Marian thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, Saint Mary’s thistle, variegated thistle
milk thistle
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) … spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir … spoken by the Dogras
दुद्ध बगूल duddh bagool, नीला दुद्ध भुस्स neela duddh bhuss
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook
दुद्द कंडियारा dudda kandiyaaraa
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: DelhiUttar PradeshBiharChhattisgarhHaryanaJharkhandMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
दूध पात्र doodh patra
  • Krishi Jagran … despite the name, milk thistle has nothing to do with milk
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பால் நெருஞ்சில் pal nerunjil
  • Vikaspedia – Knowledge Portal – India Development Gateway (InDG) (powered by MeitY, a Government of India initiative and is executed by C-DAC)
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu (introduced)
~~~~~ Created on: 11:25 28-08-2024 ¦ Last updated: 16:14 28-08-2024 ~~~~~

 

 

 


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