Cnicus Benedictus.—Blessed Thistle.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
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Cnicus benedictus L.
Engl.: holy thistle, blessed thistle, St. Benedict's thistle.
Deu.: Benediktenkraut, Benediktendistel, Bitterdistel, Heildistel, Kardobenedikte, Magendistelkraut.
Fran.: chardon bénit.
Sven.: kardbenedikt, benedikttistel.
Suom.: karvasohdake.
Ital.: cardo benedetto.
Pharm.: herba cardui benedicti.
Pre-Linnaean: Atractylis hirsutior,
Carduus benedictus,
Carduus benedictus sanctus,
Carduus luteus procumbens sudorificus et amarus,
Cnicus sylvestris hirsutior s. Carduus benedictus.
Bot. syn.:
Benedicta officinalis Bernh.,
Calcitrapa benedicta (L.) Sweet,
Calcitrapa lanuginosa Lam.,
Carbeni benedicta (L.) Arcang.,
Carbeni benedicta (L.) Adans.,
Cardosanctus officinalis Bubani,
Carduus benedictus Auct. ex Steud.,
Carduus benedictus (L.) Garsault,
Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.,
Centaurea centriflora Friv. ex Gugler,
Centaurea pseudobenedicta (Asch.) E.H.L.Krause,
Cirsium horridum (Adams) Petr.,
Cirsium pugnax Sommier & Levier,
Cnicus bulgaricus Panov,
Cnicus kotschyi Sch.Bip.,
Cnicus microcephalus Boiss,
Cnicus pseudo-benedictus hort.dorpat. ex Asch.,
Epitrachys microcephala K.Koch.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: Woodville 1790-1794.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
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Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Emetics.
Gamla texter: Kryddor och kryddodling, 1919.
Gamla texter: Våra Medicinalväxter, 1940.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: Boericke 1901.
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