stemless carline thistle(n = noun.plant) carlina acaulis - stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe;
is a kind of carline thistle

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