A genus of thistle plants with spiny leaves and flower heads, known for their medicinal properties.
From Latin-botanical nomenclature, possibly derived from 'carlus' or related to Charlemagne ('Carolus'), as legend attributes the plant's discovery to that emperor's court physicians.
The thistle 'Carlina' was so famous in medieval medicine that it might be named after Charlemagne himself—an emperor so important that plants were literally named in his honor by grateful healers!
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