Pronunciation: SIL-i-bum mare-ee-AY-num
Common name: Milk thistle
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Cismontane roadsides, pastures, waste areas,
especially in heavy soils, to about 1500', native of the
Mediterranean region, highly invasive
Blooming period: May to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Silybum
2) marianum