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... then you wash it. Keep pulling it into smaller bits, too. Bromarv, Finland. Processed. 1998-08-01.

Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.) Iljin
Engl.: maral root, Russian leuzea.
Deu.: Hirschwurzel, Alpen-Bergscharte, Rhapontikum, Riesen-Bergscharte.
Suom.: maraljuuri, rohtomaraljuuri, maraalinjuuri.
Sven.: maralrot, reinrot.
Bot. syn.: Centaurea carthamoides (Willd.) Benth., Cirsium carthamoides (Willd.) Link, Cnicus carthamoides Willd., Leuzea carthamoides (Willd.) DC., Stemmacantha carthamoides (Willd.) Dittrich

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