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Wild teasel

Dipsacus fullonum, syn. Dipsacus sylvestris, is a species of flowering plant known by the common names wild teasel or fuller's teasel, although the latter name is usually applied to the cultivated variety D. fullonum var. sativus. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, but it is known in the Americas, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand as an introduced species.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Dipsacus fullonum
Genus: Dipsacus
Kingdom: Plantae
Habit: herb