Silybum - St. Mary's Milk Thistle

St. Mary’s Milk Thistle has striking rosettes of large glossy, dark green, spiny leaves streaked and marbled with white, followed by 2” wide rose-purple faintly scented flower heads on 4-6’ stalks. Very attractive to bees and birds who love the seeds. Seed is both edible and has medicinal properties. Direct Seed. 

Silybum marianum