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Pronunciation: sy-NAR-a kar-DUNK-yoo-lus
Common name: Cardoon, Artichoke thistle
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Disturbed places at low elevations in California Floristic Province, occasionally naturalized, from the Mediterranean region
Blooming period: May to July
Name derivations: 1) Cynara 2) cardunculus 3) flavescens