MBG Rare Books: Additional Plant Information

A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick : engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life / by Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants and their common uses in physick. Volume 1 of 2

Click for Enlargement Name as Printed: Carduus mariae Crantz (Ladies Thistle)

Current Name: Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.

Family: Asteraceae

Common Name: blessed milkthistle, blessed milk-thistle, milk thistle, spotted thistle, variegated thistle

Further Information:

Detailed botanical data (including distribution maps and other images) available from Tropicos.org, our nomenclatural database.
USDA Plant Profile