Tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America.

synonyms: holy thistle, lady's thistle, milk thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, Silybum marianum.

Polish: ostropest plamisty

Annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers.

synonyms: Cnicus benedictus, sweet sultan.

Polish: bernardynek, drapacz lekarski, knikus benedyktyński