Life … Plants Vascular Plants Dicots Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies Sunflower Family Weather Thistles Carlina vulgaris Bieberstein's Thistle species 6,222 observations Bieberstein's Thistle Carlina biebersteinii Field notes Supports All 4 native animalssupported in the US Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Black Bean Aphid 1 Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Branded Skipper, Annulate Masked Bee, Little Masked Bee 3 Children Carlina biebersteinii biebersteinii Close