| Synurus | |
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| Synurus pungens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Onopordinae |
| Genus: | Synurus Iljin |
| Type species | |
| Synurus atriplicifolius (Treviranus) Iljin | |
Synurus is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae of the family Asteraceae. Species of the genus are found in Asia.
Synurus species have a thick stem up to 1.5 meters tall. They produce large, nodding, spherical flower heads up to 6 centimeters wide with purple florets.
The anti-inflammatory properties of these species as a herbal remedy have been well studied. They are eaten as a wild vegetable in Korea.
- Species
- Synurus deltoides (Aiton) Nakai - Russia (Chita, Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk), China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Hubei, Sichuan, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Ningxia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Mongolia, Japan, Korea
- Synurus excelsus (Makino) Kitam. - Japan, Korea
- Synurus palmatopinnatifidus (Makino) Kitam. - Japan, Korea
- Synurus pungens (Franch. & Sav.) Kitam. - Japan
- formerly included
see Olgaea
- Synurus diabolicus - Olgaea lomonossowii
