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For the genus of hydrozoans, see Bougainvillia.

Atractylis
Atractylis comosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Carlininae
Genus:	Atractylis L. 1753 not Boehm. 1760.
Synonyms
Spadactis Cass. Atractylis sect. Anactis (Cass.) DC. Acarna All. Crocodilina Bubani Anactis Cass. Cirsellium Gaertn.

Atractylis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Species

Atractylis is native to the greater Mediterranean region (southern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Canary Islands).

• Atractylis arabica Rech.f.
• Atractylis arbuscula Svent. & Michaelis
• Atractylis aristata Batt.
• Atractylis auranitica Rech.f.
• Atractylis babelii Hochr.
• Atractylis boulosii Täckh.
• Atractylis caerulea Batt.
• Atractylis caespitosa Desf.
• Atractylis cancellata L.
• Atractylis carduus (Forssk.) C.Chr.
• Atractylis ciliaris L.
• Atractylis cryptocephala (Baker) F.G.Davies
• Atractylis delicatula Batt. ex L.Chevall.
• Atractylis delvarii Mozaff.
• Atractylis echinata Pomel
• Atractylis echinops Pall.
• Atractylis humilis L.
• Atractylis kentrophylloides (Baker) F.G.Davies
• Atractylis mernephthae Asch., Schweinf. & Letourn.
• Atractylis mutica C.C.Towns.
• Atractylis phaeolepis Pomel
• Atractylis phazaniae Corti
• Atractylis polycephala Coss.
• Atractylis preauxiana Sch.Bip.
• Atractylis prolifera Boiss.
• Atractylis scabra Boiss.
• Atractylis serrata Pomel
• Atractylis serratuloides (Cass.) DC.
• Atractylis sojakii Rech.f.
• Atractylis spinosa L.
• Atractylis tutinii Franco