Artichoke economically important genes from related species. Rezazadeh, A., Ghasemnezhad, A., Barani, M., & Telmadarrehei, T. (2012). Effect of Salinity on Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) Leaves. Research Journal of Medicinal Plant, 6(3). Artichoke The globe artichoke ("Cynara cardunculus" var. "scolymus") is a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as a food. The edible portion of the plant consists of the flower buds before the flowers come into bloom. The budding artichoke flower-head is a cluster of many budding small flowers (an inflorescence), together with many bracts, on an edible base. Once the buds bloom,
Artichoke (company) the same year. Their production of "The Sultan's Elephant" won the Visit London Award for Cultural Event of the Year in 2006. In October 2007 "Artichoke" mounted a one-day conference, "Larger Than Life", on all aspects of staging large-scale productions. The "Artichoke Trust" is a registered charity (Reg Charity No 1112716), funded by the Arts Council and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and raising significant funds from other trusts, foundations and businesses, as well as by public donation. "Artichoke" also works as a consultant through its non-charitable company, Artichoke Productions Ltd. Nicky Webb and Helen Marriage worked together intermittently on productions