The silver thistle (Carlina acaulis) belongs to the kind Eberwurz (Carlina).

Further names: Eberdistel, Eberwurz, hunter bread, Wiesenkas, Alpenkas, barometer thistle, woman Mrs., Wasserwurz, Karl thistle.

Description

The thistle-similar Staude is nearly The is buchtig, fiederschnittig and stachelig up to the central nerve.

The bloom has many whitish to reddish tube blooms, which are surrounded by radiating white cladding sheets.

Occurrence

The silver thistle is common in the mountains of means and south Europe and prefers kalkhaltige lean lawns and dry pastures from the valley situation to 2,800 M.

The circulation area in Germany extends over the alps and the Alpine foreland, the Bavarian forest, the Swabian Alb, the Frankenalb, the basin, the and to the north to to the edge resin. Few locations also beyond that in the Weser line mountain country and in the northern resin before country. Strongly the kind decreased/went back in the Oberlausitz. In the west, the north and the east of Germany the kind is very rare to complete being missing. The silver thistle is legally protected and belonged to the endangered kinds.

Use

The Rhizom contains ethereal oils, particularly the antibacterial Carlinaoxyd. The root was collected urine-driving means as flu means, and against Greisenbrand, in which veterinary medicine uses as mast and Brunstpulver (name Eberwurz). The bloom soils were eaten in former times similarly as artichokes. Therefore the silver thistle is also called with Almhirten "“Jagabrot"” (hunter bread).

Other

An angel is to have shown Karl the large one in the dream the silver thistle as true cure against the plague, and it was used in its army. Therefore allegedly the name Carlina and/or Karl flower. The derivative of the name of Cardulina = small thistle is however more probable.

The silver thistle lets itself be used also as a weather thistle. With increasing air humidity the white cladding sheets close upward.

The silver thistle is called according to the area also or also law thistle. As registered registered trade mark "“Juradistl"” stands as mark for lamb of lambs, which feast on lean lawns. Pastures on kalkhaltigem rock with small humus edition and small precipitation are the preferential stature place of this plant. Without the management by feasting herds of sheep the open lean lawns verbuschen and the silver thistle would disappear.

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