common teasel

Dipsacus fullonum is a species of flowering plant in the Caprifoliaceae family. It is native to regions such as British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Portugal, Flanders, Liechtenstein, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and others. The species was first described in 1753 by L. It has been the subject of taxonomic discussion, with Lambinon proposing its rejection as a nomen ambiguum in 1981, though the Committee for Spermatophyta declined the proposal in 1986. The plant is known by the common names wild teasel or fuller's teasel, with the latter name often applied to the cultivated variety D. fullonum var. sativus.