Family: Compositae
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Cynara cardunculus L.
Collector/Expedition: Christison, David
Collection date: March 1867
Country/Territory: Uruguay
Collecting locality: Uruguay:San Jorge Campos
Description: Leaves of Cardo Castilla, one of the great thistle weeds of the Campos. The midrib boiled sometimes used as a vegetable; flowers ?, fruit in a bag and stirred in a bowl of sweetened milk make 'Quejada' a custard-like pudding
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00461898
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00461898
Herbarium region: 18 (Temperate South America)
Number of sheets: 1
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