Name: Gewöhnliche Mariendistel, Echte Mariendistel (DE); Milk Thistle, St. Mary´s Thistle (EN); Caro mariano (ES)
Distribution: England (England, Wales, Isle of Man [I], Scotland, Orkney Isl. [I]); Ireland [I] (Ireland [I], Northern Ireland [I]); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Netherlands; Belgium; Germany [I]; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares (Ibiza & Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca); France; Monaco; Channel Isl. (Guernsey, Sark, Jersey); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Malta; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (widespread, incl. Kiklades); Crete; S-European Russia; Estonia [I]; Latvia [I]; Lithuania [I]; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; NW-European Russia; Moldova; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Faial); Madeira (Madeira Isl., Ilhas Desertas, Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma); Ethiopia; South Africa [I] (Gauteng [I], E-Cape Prov. [I]); Siberia [I] (W-Siberia [I]); Russian Far East [I] (Primorye [I]); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Dodecanese, Tilos, Symi, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran (NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Baghlan, Balkh, Faryab, Qunduz, Samangan, Takhar); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, NW-Syria); Israel; Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel); Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai); Jordania (W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Asir); Kuwait; Yemen (W-Yemen); South Korea [I]; Pakistan (N. W. Frontier Prov., Peshawar, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi, Mirpur, Kotli); NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir, Poonch, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu [I]); Sulawesi [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; Chatham Isl. [I]; Canada [I] (Alberta [I], British Columbia [I], New Brunswick [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Québec [I], Saskatchewan [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arizona [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], Connecticut [I], Indiana [I], Louisiana [I], Michigan [I], Mississippi [I], Nevada [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New Mexico [I], New York [I], North Carolina [I], Ohio [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Vermont [I], Virginia [I], Washington [I], West Virginia [I]); Mexico [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]; Chile [I] (Coquimbo [I], Valparaíso [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I], O´Higgins [I], Maule [I], Ñuble [I], Biobío [I], Araucanía [I], Los Rios [I], Los Lagos [I]); Juan Fdz. Isl. [I]; Falkland Isl. [I]
10 DEN GRB ire NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM ger HUN LIE NET POL SLO SWI 12 BAL CIS COR FRA GIB MCO POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MLT MNT NMA PEL PTL ROM SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 BLR est KRY lat lit MLD RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 AZO CNY MDR 24 ETH 27 saf 30 sib 31 rfe 32 KAZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 KUW SAU YEM 38 kor 40 IND PAK 42 jaw lsi sul 50 aus lhi nfk 51 ctm nzl 71 cdn 72 cdn 73 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 82 clm ven 83 bol ecu per 84 bra 85 arg cle jnf uru 91 fal
Synonyms: hidden
= Carduus lactifolius Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 141 (1812), nom. superfl.
= Carduus mariae Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 248 (1766)
= Carduus marianus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 823 (1753)
= Carduus versicolor Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 185 (1796), nom. superfl.
= Carthamus maculatus (Scop.) Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 638 (1785)
= Centaurea dalmatica Fraas; Syn. Pl. Fl. Class. 204 (1845)
= Cirsium maculatum Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 130 (1771)
= Mariacantha maculosa Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 150 (1899)
= Mariana lactea Hill; Herb. Brit. [Hill] 1: 75 (1769), nom. superfl.
= Mariana mariana (L.) Hill; Hort. Kew. [Hill] 61 (1768)
= Silybum intermedium Willk.; Index Sem. (Dorpat) 1869: 6 (1869)
= Silybum leucanthum Jord. & Fourr.; Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 83 (1868)
= Silybum maculatum (Scop.) Moench; Methodus [Moench] 555 (1794)
= Silybum mariae (Crantz) A.Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 436 (1821)
= Silybum mariae var. unicolor Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 436 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Silybum marianum subsp. anatolicum Meriçli; Istanbul Üniv. Eczac. Fak. Mecm. 19: 60 (1983)
= Silybum marianum var. albiflorum Eig; Bull. Inst. Agric. Nat. Hist. Tel-Aviv 6: 44 (1927)
= Silybum marianum var. longispinum Lamotte; Prodr. Fl. Plat. Centr. 2: 424 (1881)
= Silybum pygmaeum Cass.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], ed. 2, 50: 469 (1827)
