Blessed Thistle

Latin Name: Cnicus Benedictus
Plant type: Medicinal annual
Botanical family: Asteraceae

Hardiness Zone: Non-hardy (annual crop)
Harvest period: July to September

Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Watering: Low to moderate

Companion plants: Sage, yarrow, lavender
Enemy plants: Avoid with small, fragile plants (risk of shade or competition)

Description

Blessed thistle forms a rosette of thorny leaves and produces a yellow flower in the center of spiky bracts. An ancient bitter plant used to stimulate digestion, it easily integrates into herb gardens or medicinal vegetable patches.

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