Cirsium × przybylzkii (Cirsium greimleri × oleraceum) is a hybrid between Cirsium greimleri and Cirsium oleraceum.

It is known from 16 herbarium specimens as of 2020.

Distribution

It is found in the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern, Schladming Tauern, Seckau Tauern, Lavanttal Alps, and Karawanks.

Description

Cirsium greimleri dominates flower traits, albeit with intermediate colour. C. oleraceum and C. greimleri alternately dominate leaf traits, sometimes with intermediate traits such as a C. oleraceum like form with C. greimleri indumentum.

The description of von Eichenfeld:

History

Identified by pharmacist B. Przybylski on 20 July 1885, after whom Michael Ritter von Eichenfeld named it.Ritter von Eichenfeld 1887. "Nomen inditum in honorem domini B. Przybylski, diligentissimi scrutatoris florae Stiriacae, qui plantam die XX. Julii invenit."

See also List of Cirsium species

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