Wild Thistles
- Scientific name
- Carduus tenuiflorus / Galactites tomentosa
- Regions
- Béja
- Bizerte
- Siliana
- Jendouba
- North-East Plains
- Flowering month
- Mai
- June
- July
Wild ruderal plants invading fallow lands and plains after cereal harvest.
الشوك الجبلي / شوك الحمير
Chouk / Chouk el hmir
Asteraceae
Herbaceous plant
Early summer
Thistle Honey
Color
Golden, light amber yellow
Taste
Sweet, floral, characterized by notes of anise or licorice
Nectar
Excellent
Pollen
Good
Main role
nectar
Roles
- nectar
- pollen
Seasonal utility
Summer honey & Feeding
Biological utility
Takes over after cereal harvests, preventing summer scarcity in the northern plains.
Pollen color
White to gray
JuneJuly
Thistle Honey
Carduus / Galactites tomentosa
- Béja
- Bizerte
- Siliana
- North-East Plains
Produced from the flowers of wild thistles that dot the Tunisian fallows and plains at the beginning of summer.
MaiJuneJuly
Mountain Honey / Wildflower
Polyfloral (flore sauvage spontanée)
- Kroumirie (Ain Draham, Tabarka)
- Mogods (Sejnane)
- Nord-Ouest forestier
A complex wildflower honey from the great biodiversity of high-altitude meadows and forest areas.