Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.

Milk Thistle

Minimum height	20
Maximal height	150
Life form	HT
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	NA
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Karyology

Chromosome number 34

Ploidy level NA

Chromosome number	34
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	NA
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	NA
Nativeness	alien species
Residence time	neophyte
Introduction mode	deliberate
Invasion status	casual species
Area type	NA
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	LC
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	NA
EIV T	NA
EIV K	NA
EIV F	NA
EIV R	NA
EIV N	NA
EIV S	NA
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	NA
WZ-scale	NA
RZ-scale	NA
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	NA
FS- scale	NA
RS- scale	NA
NS-scale	NA
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	NA
WB-scale	NA
RB-scale	NA
NB-scale	NA
LB-scale	NA
CB-scale	NA
SB-scale	NA

Leaf traits

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA

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Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.