Globe artichoke
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Globe Artichoke | |
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Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(Unranked): | Angiosperms |
(Unranked): | Eudicots |
(Unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
Tribe: | Cynareae |
Genus: | Cynara |
Species: | Cynara cardunculus |
The globe artichoke is a perennial thistle originating in Southern Europe around the Mediterranean. It grows to 1.5–2 m tall, with arching, deeply lobed, silvery glaucous-green leaves 50–82 cm long. The flowers develop in a large head from an edible bud about 8–15 cm diameter with numerous triangular scales; the individual florets are purple. The edible portion of the buds consists primarily of the fleshy lower portions of the involucral bracts and the base, known as the "heart"; the mass of immature florets in the center of the bud is called the "choke". These are inedible in older larger flowers.
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