Silybum marianum

TaxID: 92921

Basic Information

Silybum marianum

Blessed Milk Thistle, Milk Thistle, milk thistle

Silybum marianum is a species of thistle. It has various common names including milk thistle, blessed milkthistle, Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Saint Mary's thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle (not to be confused with Onopordum acanthium or Cirsium vulgare). This species is an annual or biennial plant of the family Asteraceae. This fairly typical thistle has red to purple flowers and shiny pale green leaves with white veins. Once native from Southern Europe through Asia, it has spread throughout the world.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asterales

Asteraceae

Silybum

marianum

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Silybum marianum
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(c) H. Zell@BY-SA
Silybum marianum
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(c) JessieY.@BY-NC
Silybum marianum
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(c) unknown@CC0
Silybum marianum
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(c) Zdeňka Nováková@BY-NC
Silybum marianum
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(c) Millie Basden@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018

Distribution (82 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_001541825.1 Contig 1477 6 6 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR28145640 Leaf Adult - 24448922 South Korea: Hwaseong
SRR28145639 Leaf Adult - 28609789 South Korea: Hwaseong
SRR28145638 Leaf Adult - 24967811 South Korea: Hwaseong

DNA Barcodes (59 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SDH485-14 - ITS2 347 United States 1935-04-10 33.381, -117.573
SDH3061-15 - rbcLa 552 United States 2014-04-16 33.27786, -117.31716
SDH3061-15 - ITS2 347 United States 2014-04-16 33.27786, -117.31716
POWNA686-10 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 1996-07-10 51.670982, -3.874342
POWNA686-10 - ITS2 453 United Kingdom 1996-07-10 51.670982, -3.874342
POWNA1394-12 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 1933-06-16 -
POWNA1394-12 - ITS2 453 United Kingdom 1933-06-16 -
PNOR259-16 - rbcLa 1434 Norway 1996-01-10 69.9528, 23.2103
PNOR259-16 - matK 1521 Norway 1996-01-10 69.9528, 23.2103
PNOR259-16 - ITS2 222 Norway 1996-01-10 69.9528, 23.2103
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Literature