| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cirsium esculentum (Siev.) C.A.Mey. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Beitr. Pflanzenk. Russ. Reiches 4: 43 (1845) |
| Native Range | e. Europe to c. Siberia and n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 500-3200m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves green, long hirsute, winged petiolate, oblanceolate, 6-20cm, pinnatipartite, segments ovate, spinose, capitula 5-9 in sessile cluster, involucre glabrous |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Cirsium acaule ssp. esculentum (Siev.) Werner Cirsium acaule var. gmelinii (Spreng.) DC. Cirsium rhodoleucanthum Walp. Cnicus esulentus Siev. Cnicus gmelinii Spreng. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |