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   What is milk thistle?

   • Milk thistle is an herbal remedy derived from the milk thistle plant, also known as Silybum marianum. This prickly plant has distinctive purple flowers and white veins, which traditional stories say were caused by a drop of the Virgin Mary’s milk falling onto its leaves.

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   Is milk thistle a biennial plant?

   • Milk thistle is a biennial plant, it is normally grown as an annual plant, which simplifies cultivation. When the main requirements of the plant are met, then the milk thistle will blossom in the first year. Milk thistle has low soil nutrient requirements and is drought resistant.

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   Where do milk thistles grow?

   • However, it has escaped cultivation and is found in many places throughout the United States. Milk thistle stands out from other thistles by the white marbling of its large, dark green, hairless leaves. The plant is native to the Mediterranean and is particularly fond of growing in rocky, dry locations.

   How to Identify and Remove Milk Thistle - The Spruce

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   When does a milk thistle flower?

   • Milk thistle is an annual, full-sun plant that germinates in late winter in our climate zone (Ag Zone 7b). It flowers and goes to seed from May – early June, after which the plants die. Each milk thistle flower contains dozens of seeds, which soon fall from the plant as the flower head matures, dries, and begins to turn brown.

   How to grow and use milk thistle - Tyrant Farms

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   Is milk thistle a weed?

   • Originally from Europe and Asia, milk thistle is not native to the United States. Like many thistle species, it’s even regarded as an invasive weed by university extension agencies in some states. Our Welsh harlequin ducks staring warily up at a spiky, flowering milk thistle plant.

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   Apr 29, 2024 · Milk thistle, mostly known as a medicinal plant, is a noxious weed and an invasive plant. Here's how to identify and remove it.

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   milk thistle. A robust biennial forming a rosette of large, spiny dark green leaves with prominent white veins, and with purple flower-heads with spiny bracts, in the second year.

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   Silybum marianum, also known as milk thistle, is a thistle plant native to Southern Europe and Asia. It is cultivated as a medicinal and food plant, and has various common names and uses.

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   Feb 22, 2020 · Learn how to grow, identify, and use milk thistle seeds as a tea and medicinal plant. Find out how to harvest, thresh, and store milk thistle seeds, and how to prevent them from spreading in your garden.

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   • Milk Thistle Protects Your Liver. Share on Pinterest. Milk thistle is often promoted for its liver-protecting effects. It’s regularly used as a complementary therapy by people who have liver damage due to conditions like alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis and even liver cancer (1, 5, 6).
   • It May Help Prevent Age-Related Decline in Brain Function. Milk thistle has been used as a traditional remedy for neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease for over two thousand years (13).
   • Milk Thistle Could Protect Your Bones. Osteoporosis is a disease caused by progressive bone loss. It usually develops slowly over a number of years and causes weak and fragile bones that break easily, even after minor falls.
   • It May Improve Cancer Treatment. It’s been suggested that the antioxidant effects of silymarin may have some anticancer effects, which could be helpful for people receiving cancer treatment (9).

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   Apr 9, 2024 · The most important health benefits of milk thistle include its ability to detoxify the liver, speed organ repair, treat fungal infections, and cure hangovers. It also protects the body against side effects of pharmaceuticals, reduces the risk of heart diseases, and manages the symptoms of diabetes.

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    Learn how to grow and care for Silybum plants, also known as milk thistle, in your garden. Find out their characteristics, ideal conditions, common names, and uses.