''Crupina'' is a small genus of plants in the tribe
Cardueae within the family
Asteraceae.
The common crupina ''
Crupina vulgaris'' is a notorious
noxious weed
A noxious weed, harmful weed or injurious weed is a weed that has been designated by an agricultural or other governing authority as a plant that is injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops, natural habitats or ecosystems, or humans or liv ...
on several continents. The other species, ''
Crupina crupinastrum'', also has the potential to become weedy, but it is not as bad a pest at the current time. These are
thistle-like plants with bright deep pink flower heads.
; Species
[The Plant List]
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* '' Crupina crupinastrum'' (Moris) Vis. - southern Europe, northern Africa, southwestern Asia
* '' Crupina intermedia'' (Mutel) Walp. - North Africa, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia
* '' Crupina pseudocrupina'' (Mutel) Walp. - Greece
* '' Crupina strum'' (Moris) Vis. - Croatia
* '' Crupina vulgaris'' Pers. ex Cass. - native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia as far east as Xinjiang; naturalized in China
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, North America
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, Australia
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, etc., and considered a noxious weed in some places
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Cynareae
Asteraceae genera
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