Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Carduus // Species: Carduus nutans L.// Subspecies: Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus (Petrović) Stoj. & Stef. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Carduus thoermeri Weinm. In The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+) this taxon is included within Carduus nutans L. at the subspecies levelContinue reading “Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus (Petrović) Stoj. & Stef. (syn. Carduus thoermeri Weinm.)”