''Cirsium creticum'' is a species of plant native around the

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and

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Subspecies

The species has the following subspecies. * ''Cirsium creticum'' subsp. ''creticum'' * ''Cirsium creticum'' subsp. ''gaillardotii'' * ''Cirsium creticum'' subsp. ''triumfettii''

References

creticum Plants described in 1822 {{Cardueae-stub