A plant family, also known as the thistle or daisy family, containing over 24,000 species of flowering plants including thistles, teasels, and sunflowers.
From Carduus (Latin for thistle, from Old Latin cardus) plus -aceae (botanical family suffix). Named for the thistle genus as the family type.
Carduaceae is one of the largest plant families on Earth—it includes thistles, sunflowers, asters, and artichokes, proving that what makes a plant prickly versus pretty is just a matter of breeding.
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