Cirsium verutum (D. Don) Spreng. ASTERACEAE Gopal Lamichhane, Prakash Poudel, Hem Raj Paudel, Rashmi Thapa, Rainer W. Bussmann, and Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana Synonyms Cirsium verutum (D. Don) Spreng.: Carduus involucratus Wall., Carduus tri- lobatus Bunch.-Ham. ex DC., Cirsium involucratum DC., Cnicus verutus D. Don, Cnicus involucratus Wall. Ex DC., Cirsium argyracanthum DC., Cnicus argyracanthus (DC.) C. B. Clarke, and Cnicus involucratus var. horrida G. Lamichhane Department of Oriental Pharmacy, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea P. Poudel Department of Pharmacy, Novel Academy, Purbanchal University, Pokhara, Nepal H. R. Paudel (*) National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories, Department of Plant Resources, Godawari, Nepal e-mail: hemraj@kath.gov.np R. Thapa (*) Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Nepal R. W. Bussmann (*) Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia e-mail: rainer.bussmann@iliauni.edu.ge N. Y. Paniagua-Zambrana Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 R. Kunwar et al. (eds.), Ethnobotany of the Himalayas, Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6_58 555