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Dipsacus fullonum L.

Fuller's teasel (en), Chardon à foulon (fr), Cardère sauvage (fr), Cardère à foulon (fr), Cabaret des oiseaux (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Dipsacus

Characteristics

A herb. It grows for 2 years. The first year there is a ring of leaves. In the second year it grows 2.5 m tall. The leaves are shiny green and have scalloped edges. Leaves on the stems are smaller. Flower stems are erect. The flower head has flowers that develop in the centre then these grow wider. The central flowers die quickly. The flowers are lilac.
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Long cult. as the fullers’ teasel, is rarely adventive with us. It differs from the closely allied wild D. sylvestris in the stouter, strongly recurved spine-tips of its receptacular bracts. Linnaeus included both in his D. fullonum, and the name has subsequently been restricted by different authors to each of them.
Life form biennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.8 - 2.0
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in damp, fertile soil in sunny locations.
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Copses, stream banks, roadsides, rough pasture etc, especially on clay soils.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

The young leaves are boiled with mixtures of leaves. The spiny hairs need to be avoided. The roots are used to make a tea drink.
Uses dye environmental use food invertebrate food material medicinal ornamental tea
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use Dermatological Aid (leaf), Warts (leaf), Poison (root), Cancer(Penis) (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Whitlows (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Warts (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 6 - 22
Germination temperacture (C°) 19
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -33
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Dipsacus fullonum habit picture by Ornel Jokerrr83 (cc-by-sa)
Dipsacus fullonum habit picture by Tristan Jaton-Maria (cc-by-sa)
Dipsacus fullonum habit picture by didier riviere (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Dipsacus fullonum leaf picture by Christ Vrouwe (cc-by-sa)
Dipsacus fullonum leaf picture by lanneliz (cc-by-sa)
Dipsacus fullonum leaf picture by irmgard hartung (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Dipsacus fullonum flower picture by genox (cc-by-sa)
Dipsacus fullonum flower picture by jeclerencia (cc-by-sa)
Dipsacus fullonum flower picture by lege (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Dipsacus fullonum fruit picture by ludovic riche (cc-by-sa)
Dipsacus fullonum fruit picture by Jorge (cc-by-sa)
Dipsacus fullonum fruit picture by Jorge (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Dipsacus fullonum world distribution map, present in Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Canada, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319260-1
WFO ID wfo-0000651022
COL ID 6CXBL
BDTFX ID 22678
INPN ID 95149
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Dipsacus arcimusci Dipsacus carminatorius Dipsacus fullonum Dipsacus meyeri Dipsacus mirabilis Dipsacus morisonii Dipsacus orsini Dipsacus palustris Dipsacus purpurascens Dipsacus sylvestris Dipsacus silvester Dipsacus sinuatus Dipsacus horridus Dipsacus vulgaris Dipsacus botteri Dipsacus connatofolius Dipsacus fullonum var. sylvestris Dipsacus divaricatus Dipsacus fullonum f. ternatus Dipsacus sylvestris f. albidus
WorldFloraDB 2024