Plant Name:
Milk Thistle
Latin Name:
Silybum marianum
Plant Type:
Weed
Edible Part:
About
Silybum marianum is a species of thistle. It has various common names including milk thistle, blessed milkthistle, Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Saint Mary’s thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle. This species is an annual or biennial plant of the family Asteraceae.