Subscribe to our newsletter. An annual or biennial, milk thistle can grow up to 6 feet tall.
Leaves have white veins and are extremely spiny and prickly.
To me, the leaves look like a prickly dandelion. Anti-oxidant, protectant and regenerator for the liver. Hardy to zone 8, this plant likes full sun and ordinary soil. Sow the seeds in the spring. Since it is a biennial, it will flower the second year, then die.