Dipsacus fullonum L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Wild Teasel
🇫🇷 Cardère à foulon, Cabaret des oiseaux, Cardère sauvage

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily: Dipsacoideae
Genus: Dipsacus
Species: Dipsacus fullonum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with D. laciniatus L., 1753, which has pale lilac or white flowers and shorter, spreading involucral bracts, while D. fullonum has lilac flowers and longer, upward-curving involucral bracts that often protrude past the flower head.

Hybridizes with D. laciniatus L., 1753 to produce D. × pseudosylvestris Schur, 1866, P (het. syn. D. × fallax Simonk., 1878).

Photographs

img/dipsacus-fullonum.webp — *Dipsacus fullonum*

img/dipsacus-fullonum-2.webp — *Dipsacus fullonum*

img/dipsacus-fullonum-3.webp — *Dipsacus fullonum* - Cauline leaf, abaxial side with spinules visible on the midrib

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 617). Biotope.