Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carlina acaulis L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Carlina acaulis subsp. acaulis

Carlina acaulis subsp. caulescens (Lam.) Schübl. & G.Martens

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
afnisoun	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
aqsoun	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
carline thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
carline à tige courte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dwarf carline thistle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
silberdistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
silver thistle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
silvertistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stemless carlina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stemless carline thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wetterdistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
افنیثون	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
اقسون	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf and seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carlina chamaeleon Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3(1): 30 (1788), nom. superfl.
Carlina grandiflora Moench Methodus: 559 (1794), nom. superfl.
Carlina officinalis Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 173 (1899), nom. superfl.
Carlina subacaulis DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 122 (1805), nom. superfl.
Carlina subacaulis var. acaulis DC. Prodr. 6: 546 (1838), nom. superfl.
Chromatolepis acaulis (L.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 527 (1867).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carlina acaulis	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Carlina acaulis L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Carlina acaulis

Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Carlina acaulis L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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