Larval host-plants of Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) LC

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Greater burdock
Arctium lappa
this species
Lesser burdock
Arctium minus
this species
Musk thistle
Carduus nutans
this species
Carline thistle
Carlina vulgaris
this species
Black knapweed
Centaurea nigra
this species
Greater knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
this species
Creeping thistle
Cirsium arvense
this species
Marsh thistle
Cirsium palustre
this species
Spear thistle
Cirsium vulgare
this species
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Cynara cardunculus
this species
Viper's bugloss
Echium vulgare
this species
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Filago germanica
this species
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Malva
any Malva species
Nettle
Urtica dioica
this species

Host-plant data: Cook et al. (2025), Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology / Butterfly Conservation; and Padovani et al. (2020), Database of Insects and their Food Plants (DBIF), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (both Open Government Licence). Contains data supplied by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.