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Cynara scolymus

Cynara scolymus.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

edible flower bud (in cultivation).<br>Photographer: Jesse Bythell, Date taken: 15/02/2014, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Globe artichoke

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites

Flower colours

Violet/Purple

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Cynara scolymus L.

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Flowering

February, March

Fruiting

March

Year naturalised

1958

Origin

Cultivated origin, probably Mediterranean

Other information

Etymology

cynara: From the Greek kyon ‘dog’, referring to the spines on the involucre suggesting a dog’s teeth