Dipsacus fullonum (Wild teasel)

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Dipsacus fullonum L.

Wild teasel

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Dipsacales	Includes viburnum, honeysuckle, snowberry, beautybush, twinflower, many others
Family	Dipsacaceae	Teasel family
Genus	Dipsacus	From the Greek dipsa, “thirst,” from the connate (joined or attached) leaf bases that in some ssp. hold water
Species	fullonum	Relating to fullers or people who full cloth, a process of shrinking or thickening cloth by moistening, heating and pressing. This species is often referred to as fuller’s teasel, although interestingly the Jepson Manual calls it wild teasel and D. sativus as fuller’s teasel. The connection to fullers is that it has bristly flower heads used by fullers to raise the nap on cloth