| English | blessed milk thistle | | | 1 | Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually). |
| English | bull thistle | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | gundagai thistle | | | 1 | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. |
| English | holy thistle | | | 1 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| English | lady's thistle | | | 1 | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. |
| English | milk thistle | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | variegated artichoke | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | variegated thistle | | | 1 | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. |
| Arabic | shawk el-gamal | | | 2 | Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt |
| English (Canada) | milk thistle | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 271. |
| French | chardon argenté | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |
| French | chardon Marie | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | lait de Notre Dame | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |
| French | silybe de Marie | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French (Canada) | chardon Marie | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 271. |
| German | Mariendistel | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese | cardo-leiteiro | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | cardo de María | | | 2 | Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. |
| Spanish | cardo lechero | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | cardo mariano | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | mariatistel | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transliterated Russian | ostro-pestro | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |
| Transliterated Russian | rastoropša pjatnistaja | | | 2 | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 |