Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.

blessed milkthistle, milkthistle, variegated thistle.

Keeping category: Exempt

No permit or conditions are required for keeping. There may be other requirements under BAMA such as those required for entry of livestock, pigeons and doves, or waybill requirements for stock movement. An organism in the exempt keeping category may also be regulated by other legislation such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WCA), administered by DPaW.

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae
Phylum:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Silybum
Species:marianum

Author(s):

(L.) Gaertn.

See also