⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-99963, and has not been changed.

Carduus rhaeticus (DC.) A.Kern. is a synonym of Carduus defloratus subsp. rhaeticus (DC.) Murr

The record derives from TICA which reports it as a synonym (record 0A05B35A-D98C-460E-A027-998A7303AC86) with original publication details: 75 1881.