Globe artichoke
Cynara cardunculus Scolymus Group · Daisy family
Plant portrait
Large divided leaves surround stems bearing scaly flower heads.
Harvested part
The receptacle and fleshy bract bases of the unopened flower head.
What to watch for
Distinguish the closed harvested head from the purple flowers that appear when it opens.
Growth stages of the globe artichoke
Plotilo illustrates the globe artichoke in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
Same botanical family as the globe artichoke (the daisy family): the lettuce, the greater burdock, the cardoon, the chicory, the paracress, the Witloof chicory and 4 more plants from the catalogue. Gardeners usually avoid growing the same family in the same spot several years in a row: that is the idea behind crop rotation.
- Lettuce Lactuca sativa
- Greater burdock Arctium lappa
- Cardoon Cynara cardunculus
- Chicory Cichorium endivia
- Paracress Acmella oleracea
- Witloof chicory Cichorium intybus Witloof Group
- Yacon Smallanthus sonchifolius
- Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius
- Scorzonera Scorzonera hispanica
- Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus