Cirsium setidens

Cirsium setidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Cirsium
Species:	C. setidens
Binomial name
Cirsium setidens (Dunn) Nakai

Cirsium setidens
Hangul	곤드레
Hanja	n/a
Revised Romanization	gondeure
McCune–Reischauer	kondŭre

Cirsium setidens, also known as gondre and Korean thistle in English, and Goryeo eongeongkwi (고려엉겅퀴) and gondeure (곤드레) in Korean, is a perennial plant in the genus Cirsium in the aster family. It grows naturally in submontane and mountainous area in Korean peninsula where its young leaves are used as namul.

Cirsium setidens is a perrennial plant up to 100–120 centimetres (39–47 in) tall.Radical leaves and lower cauline ones become withered when the flowers bloom. Mid cauline leaves are arranged alternately, ovate or wide lanceolate, green, and 15–35 centimetres (5.9–13.8 in) long, with tapering end, spiny or even margins, and leafstalks. The upper space of the leaves is hairy, while the underside is usually white-tinged without hair. Upper cauline leaves are smaller, lanceolate with pointy ends, shorter leafstalks, and spiny margin. The roots are erect.

Purple flowers bloom from July to October. The capitula are quite large – about 3–4 centimetres (1.2–1.6 in) in diameter. Each capitulum is on the tip of a branch or the main stem. The involucres are bell-shaped, 20 millimetres (0.79 in) long and 20–30 millimetres (0.79–1.18 in) wide, with spider-web-like hair. The involucels, with pointy ends and sticky underside, are arranged in seven rows. The corollas are purple, about 15–19 millimetres (0.59–0.75 in) long. The fruits are achenes, each 3.5–4 millimetres (0.14–0.16 in) long. The pappi are brown, about 11–16 millimetres (0.43–0.63 in) long.

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