Vegetable
cardoon
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Gray with some yellow lines, black lines, and black spots
Smooth
The apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
collar is small. The basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
scar is pointed and small.
AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. are obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest., thick; small apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar. rim, hence rounded shoulders, with one side more rounded than the other. Base color gray with yellow or black longitudinal lines and various degrees of black mottling between the lines. Scar at base.
State Noxious Weed: California
Included
Asteraceae
Cynara cardunculus L.
