''Onopordum nervosum'', called Moor's cotton thistle or reticulate thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''

Onopordum ''Onopordum'', or cottonthistle, is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa, the Canary Islands, the Caucasus, and southwest and central Asia. They grow on disturb ...

'' native to the Iberian peninsula. It has gained the

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Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted: *''Onopordum nervosum'' subsp. ''castellanum'' Gonz.Sierra, Pérez Morales, Penas & Rivas Mart. *''Onopordum nervosum'' subsp. ''nervosum''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6051061 nervosum Plants described in 1841