Herb Seeds - Milk Thistle - Organic

Silybum marianum, or Blessed Milk Thistle, is an Organic herb with detoxifying properties. Also known as Holy Thistle, it is popular as a medicinal seed for its effectiveness. Large plant with spiny, white-mottled leaves. Solitary purple flowers, 2". All parts edible. Active component silymarin found in seeds for liver rebuilding. Organically grown.Also known asMarian Thistle, Mary Thistle, Saint Mary's Thistle, Variegated Thistle  Avg. 1,200 seeds/oz.  Milk Thistle (Silybum Marianum) - Milk Thistle seeds grow easily and produce a hardy biennial that is native to the Mediterranean area and has naturalized throughout North America. It is very impressive as an ornamental herb plant. It is tall and stately with large, mottled, spiny foliage that contains a milky sap-like substance and large, thistle-like heads of rose-pink flowers. Milk Thistle herb plants do re-seed themselves, so it is recommended to deadhead the flowers before they set seed. Other common names for this herb plant are M