Common name: Wild Teazle
Dipsacus fullonum L. APNI* Synonyms: Dipsacus fullonum L. subsp. fullonum APNI*
Description: Erect herb to 2 m high, stems ribbed, prickly.
Leaves basal and cauline, to 35 cm long and 8 cm wide, margins entire, crenate or toothed, spinose with spines particularly on lower midrib; basal leaves forming a rosette, lanceolate; cauline leaves lanceolate, ± fused at the base.
Heads terminal, globose in flower, ovoid in fruit, 2–8 cm long, usually 2–4 cm diam. Involucral bracts 3–10 cm long, mostly longer than head, rigid and recurved upwards. Receptacle bracts acute to acuminate, pungent. Corolla 5–7 mm long, purplish to white.
Achene narrow-obcuneate, 2–3 mm long.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Weed in pastures; south from Quirindi. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NWS, *CT, *ST
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas.
This was previously considered to be referable to subsp. fullonum, but this is not now recognised. The cultivated taxon used by weavers/fullers is now known as Dipsacus sativus.
Text by L. Retter (1992); edited by KL Wilson (Sept 2009)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW vol 3 (1992)
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