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This fly is also destructive to the leaves of Parsnips, and is named = onopordinis = from its habit of frequenting the Cotton Thistle (= Onopordon Acanthium =).
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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Most of the wadding is supplied by the Compositae, particularly the following: Centaurea solsticialis, or St. Barnaby's thistle; C. paniculata, or panicled centaury; Echinops ritro, or small globe-thistle; Onopordon illyricum, or Illyrian cotton-thistle;
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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