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|accepted_name=Onopordum illyricum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 827. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Illyrian thistle
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cardueae;Onopordum;Onopordum illyricum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cardueae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Onopordum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Onopordum illyricum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 87
|treatment_page=page 88
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>50–250 cm, herbage canescent-tomentose throughout. <b>Stems</b>: wings 0.5–2 cm wide. <b>Leaves</b> 10–50 cm, margins shallowly to ± deeply 1–2-pinnatifid with 8–10 pairs of triangular lobes. <b>Heads</b> mostly borne singly at branch tips. <b>Involucres</b> 30–60 mm diam (excluding spines) ± spheric, bases truncate to concave. <b>Phyllaries</b> lanceolate to ovate, bases 3–8 mm wide, glabrous or ± cobwebby-tomentose, spines to 5 mm. <b>Corollas</b> purple, 25–35 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 4–5 mm; pappi of many whitish, plumose bristles 10–12 mm. <b>2n</b> = 34 (France).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Grasslands, fields, roadsides, oak woodlands
|elevation=200–500 m
|distribution=Calif.;s Europe (Mediterranean region);introduced in Australia.
|discussion=<p>Illyrian thistle is considered to be a noxious weed in California where efforts to eradicate it from the state’s flora have been implemented. This species has also invaded rangelands in Australia, where it is introduced.</p>
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name=Onopordum illyricum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Grasslands, fields, roadsides, oak woodlands
|elevation=200–500 m
|distribution=Calif.;s Europe (Mediterranean region);introduced in Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae
|genus=Onopordum
|species=Onopordum illyricum
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